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Undergraduate Research Student Participants 1997-2000

1997–1998 Student Participants

Kenner Bryan
Electroless Deposition and Characterization of Ternary NiReP Alloys
Research Adviser: Dr. Don Mencer

Diana Corrales
Statistics in Business
Research Adviser: Lori Singer

Paul Edelkamp
Paul constructed a web page for his Engl 184 H project 
Research Adviser: Dr. Alan Price

Elaine Elliott
Thermodynamic Parameters of Voltaic Cells
Research Adviser: Dr. Don Mencer

Leanne Martinni
Autism - Its Behaviors and Its Treatments
Research Adviser:  Jane Roda

Microbiology 202 Lab
Chemical Methods of Control:  Antiseptics and Disinfectants
Research Adviser:  Tammy Brill

Paul Minnich
Effects of Clenbuterol and 8-Bromo-cAMP on Cell Growth of Fetal Chicken Biceps and Medial Abductor Muscles
Research Adviser: Dr. Diana Bourke

Angela Molli and Kevin Meyers
Synthesis and Characterization of New Metal Containing Polymers for Nonlinear Optical Applications
Research Adviser:  Dr. Mamoun Bader

1998–1999 Student Participants

Peter Abdelmalek
Investigation of Electrode Processes in Liquid Ionic Solvents
Research Adviser: Dr. Don Mencer

Lynn Acri
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Research Adviser: Dr. David Orbin and Steve Knudsen

Leslie Albright, Justin Moser
Synthesis and Characterization of New Metal Containing Polymers for Nonlinear Optics
Research Adviser: Dr. Mamoun Bader

David Copper
The Gravity Star: An Application of Cubic Analoques using Mathematica
Research Adviser: Dr. Alfredo Jimenez

Kristen Corinchock
Solubility of Sparingly Soluble Salts in Liquid Ionic Solvents
Research Adviser: Dr. Donald Mencer

Julia C. DeNardo
Mapping the Electric Field
Research Adviser: Dr. David Miller

Toni Englehart
The Molly Maguires
Research Adviser: Dr. Bill Ellis

Robin Imhoff
Attitudes Toward Prostitution in the Eighteenth Century as shown in Works by Johnson, Boswell, and Defoe
Research Adviser: Dr. Kathleen Kemmerer

Pete Lynch
From Atlantic Charter to NATO
Research Adviser: Dr. Harold Aurand

Justin Moser
Cyclic Voltammetry and Electrochemistry of Electroactive Organic Materials
Research Adviser: Dr. Mamoun Bader

Natalie Scroggins
A Journey to a New Land
Research Adviser: Dr. Harold Aurand

1999–2000 Student Participants

Jeremy Beil
The attitude of the U.S. State Department to news of the Holocaust after 1942
Research Adviser: Dr. Gene Miller

David Brobst
Robert Frost's "Fire and Ice"
Research Adviser:   Dr. Kathleen Kemmerer

Jeremy Brodhead
Mutagenesis of Serratia marcescens in their Prodigiosin synthesis
Research Adviser:  Tammy Brill

Jeremy Brodhead
Synthesis of Photochromic Liquid Crystalline Compounds
Research Adviser:  Dr. Girija Subramaniam

Pedram Farhi
Synthesis of Model Precursors to Photochromic Liquid Crystalline Compounds
Research Adviser:  Dr. Girija Subramaniam

Jessica T. Fischer
Food Habits and Endoparasites of the Introduced Giant Whiptail Lizard (Cnemidophorus motaguae) in Florida
Research Adviser:  Dr. Brian Hauge

Kyle Headly
Three Body Problem in Planetary Motion
Research Advisers: Dr. Alfredo Jimenez and Dr. Dave Miller

Brian Lagana
Dramatic interpretation of King Mongkut, the king in The King and I
Research Adviser: Dr. Kathy Murphy

Maria Maleski
Microbiological Analysis of an Agricultural Water System
Research Advisers: Tammy Brill and Dr. Brian Hauge

Joe Matukonis
How Franz von Papen helped to make it possible for Hitler to come to power in Germany in 1933
Research Adviser: Dr. Gene Miller

Adam Pingel
Nazi medical experiments
Research Adviser: Dr. Gene Miller

Molly Powell
The Influence of Genes on Disease
Research Adviser:  Tammy Brill

Jenny Poust
Sexual politics in Samuel Johnson's "Life of Cowley"
Research Adviser:   Dr. Kathleen Kemmerer

John M. Provenzale
Food Habits and Endoparasites of the Introduced Northern Curly-tail Lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus) from a population in Florida
Research Adviser: Dr. Brian Hauge

David Retz
Anti-German propaganda during World War I and/or World War II
Research Adviser: Dr. Gene Miller

Stephanie Richendrfer
Genetic Differences Between Two Ethnic Groups
Research Adviser:  Dr. Carl Frankel

Ronald Rightus
Toothpaste Dispenser
Research Adviser:  Dr. Wes Grebski

Kim Schiefer
The Economic Development Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania
Research Adviser: Dr. Kathy Murphy

Kristyn M. Semuta
Food Habits and Endoparasites of two Introduced lizards, the Rainbow Whiptail Lizard Cnemidophorus lemniscatus) and the Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) in Florida
Research Adviser:  Dr. Brian Hauge

Kira C. Skocik
Food Habits and Endoparasites of two Introduced lizards, the Striped Basilisk Lizard (Basiliscus vittatus) and the African House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia) in Florida
Research Adviser: Dr. Brian Hauge

Andrea M. Solinski
Food Habits and Endoparasites of the Introduced Northern Curly-tail Lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus) from a population in Florida
Research Adviser: Dr. Brian Hauge

Matthew Thompson
Materials in Space Sciences - Hands-on Activities
Research Adviser:  Dr. Girija Subramaniam

Courtney Wahl
The effects of petroleum extraction on the ecosystems surrounding the drilling site.
Research Adviser:  Dr. Carl Frankel

Samantha Zeigler and Lisa Passon
Presentation Style: Powerpoint and Lecture, Survey for the Chamber of Commerce
Research Adviser: Dr. Kathy Murphy

Ty Zimmerman
Design for an Automatic Bottle Drill
Research Adviser:  Wes Grebski

Renee Zlobik
Studies in Flux
Research Advisers: Dr. Alfredo Jimenez and Dr. Dave Miller

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