View these student-produced video profiles of USU undergraduate research.
URCO Recipients Spring 2007
- Jennifer Albretsen, Physics, JR Dennison (faculty mentor), "Investigating the Photo-Yield of Insulators for Space and Terrestrial Application"
- Lance Andreasen, Nutrition and Food Sciences, Slivana Martini (faculty mentor), "Effect of Wax Addition on the Crystallization Behaivor of Anhydrous Milk Fat"
- Shannon Babb, Geology, Carol Dehler (faculty mentor), "Petrographic Mapping of the Sandstones from the Neoproterozoic Jesse Ewing Canyon Formation Uinta Mountains, Ut"
- Sherry M. Baker, Biology, Daryll DeWald (faculty mentor), "Immunofluorescence of Sac9 in Arabidopsis thaliana"
- Scott Barrett, Psychology, Amy Odum (faculty mentor), "The Effects of Acute vs Chronic Administration on the Reward Potentiating Effects of Nicotine"
- Pamela Bendio, Art, JinMan Jo (faculty mentor), "Metal Sculpture: The Path to Enlightenment"
- John M. Brinkerhoff, Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences, Ken White (faculty mentor), "Isolation and Enrichment of Sperm Proteins Using Profund Sulfo-SBED Biotin Label Transfer in Conjunction with an Immobilized Monomeric Avidin Column"
- Andrew Burgon, Center for Advanced Nutrition, David A. York (faculty mentor), "Entrostatin Regulation of Protein Translocation in HepG2 Liver Cells"
- Matthew Chambers, Biology, Jon Takemoto (faculty mentor), "Effect of SP25A and D-Cycloserine Combination on Gram-Positive Bacteria Inhibition"
- Cade T. Charlton, Psychology, Amy Odum (faculty mentor), "The Effects of Acute vs Chronic Administration on the Reward Potentiating Effects of Nicotine"
- Benjamin Cummings, Family, Consumer and Human Development, Jean Lown (faculty mentor), "Application of the Transtheoretical Model of Change (TTM) to Saving Behaviors of College Students "
- Lynsie Daley, Geology, Carol Dehler (faculty mentor), "Petrographic Mapping of the Sandstones from the Neoproterozoic Jesse Ewing Canyon Formation Uinta Mountains, Ut"
- Chad Dallon, Biology, Joseph Li (faculty mentor), "The Differential Effects of RNAi on Individual Blue Tongue Virus Genes"
- William J. Fish, Mechanical Engineering, Barton L. Smith (faculty mentor), "For the Optimization of Geometric Features of a Particle Sorter Primary Channel"
- Steven Hart, Physics, JR Dennison (faculty mentor), "Electric Field Induced Hopping Conductivity and Polarization in Hytrel"
- Melissa Jackson, Geology, Joel Pederson (faculty mentor), "Using Luminescence Geochronology to Establish Age-control and Environmental Context for a Paleoindian Archaeology Site"
- Scott Johnson, Chemistry, Joan M. Hevel (faculty mentor), "Investigating the Methyltransferase Activity of PRMT2"
- Alicia Kimball, Psychology, Gretchen Gimpel Peacock (faculty mentor), "The Relationship between Childhood Bereavement and Mental Health in Adulthood"
- April Lockwood, Special Education, David Forbush (faculty mentor), "Project Reach to Teach"
- Elicia Lord, Theatre, Amanda Profaizer (faculty mentor), "Japanese Costume: Modifying Traditional Asian Construction Techniques for the Stage"
- Brad Oliverson, Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Eadric Bressel (faculty mentor), "Estimation of an Optimal Bicycle Seat Pressure for Reducing Perineal Compression"
- Benson Price, Physics, TC Shen (faculty mentor), "Photodesorption of Hydrogen from H/Si(100) at 193 nm"