2000 - 2001 Student Participants
Josh Basilla, Jen Batista
Kids TV - What Your Children May Be Watching
Research Adviser: Dr. Eric Bell
Andreas Baudy
Synthesis and Characterization of Fused Heterocyclic Compounds: Monomers for Ladder Type Polymers
Research Adviser: Dr. Mamoun Bader
Aaron Baumgartner, Carmine Gandia
A Comparison of Classic & New TV Shows for Children
Research Adviser: Dr. Eric Bell
Dave Brobst
Critical Principles in Johnson's Life of Cowley
Research Adviser: Dr. Kathleen Kemmerer
Graeme Carson
Synthesis of Chiral Photochromic Materials
Research Adviser: Dr. Girija Subramaniam
Taiala Carvalho
UV-VIS and Cyclic Voltammetric Studies on New Organic Electron Acceptors
Research Adviser: Dr. Mamoun Bader
Jeffrey S. Chabot, Jonathan Sturak, Daniel T. Lodini, Francisco Javier Fernandez
Platonic and Arquimedean Solids
Research Adviser: Dr. Alfredo Jimenez
Christy M. DeMelfi
Economic Sanctions: The New Face of Foreign Policy
Research Adviser: Dr. Munir Mahmud
Melissa Gallinot, Laura Dewald, Tommy Edwards
Young Childrens' Identification & Imitation Tendencies
Research Adviser: Dr. Eric Bell
Sara Grabowski
Investigation of the Esterification of w-mercapto Aliphatic Acids
Research Adviser: Dr. Mamoun Bader
Aubrey Giffen
Biology of Exotic Geckos in Florida
Research Adviser: Dr. Brian Hauge
Matt Gray
Designing a Webpage to Illustrate the Concept of Signed Binary Numbers
Research Adviser: Ken Dudeck
Gabrielle Harrison
Spectrophotometric Analysis of Alcohol Content in Unpasteurized Apple Cider
Research Adviser: Tammy Brill
Gabrielle Harrison
Catalysis and Autocatalysis in Biology
Research Adviser: Dr. Frank Novak
Gabrielle Harrison
The Aquatic Turtles of Wekiwa Springs State Park Population Characteristics
Research Adviser: Dr. Brian Hauge
David S. Hill
Design of Valve for Power Plant Ash Removal
Research Adviser: Dr. Wes Grebski
Matt Hinely
Turtle Trapping Methods: Species Bias and Bait Selection
Research Adviser: Dr. Brian Hauge
Cindy Huang
The Role of Violence in Japanese Animated TV
Research Adviser: Dr. Bill Ellis
Bruce Kemmerer
Fatal Workplace Violence -- Phenomenon or Trend?
Research Adviser: Dr. Kathy Murphy
Joe Matukonis
Cystic Fibrosis: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
Anne McBrearty
The Correspondence of British Romantic Women Writers
Research Adviser: Dr.Lucy Morrison
Alicia Morgante, Corrine Carpenter
Assessing & Selecting Children's Toys
Research Adviser: Dr. Eric Bell
Dana Nortavage, Melissa Schlenker
Genetic Control of Amylase Content of Human Saliva
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
Adam Pingel
Wittig Reaction for the Synthesis of Aromatic Polyenes
Research Adviser: Dr. Mamoun Bader
Dave Retz
The Art of Adaptation Transforming Literature to Film
Research Adviser: Dr. Lucy Morrison
Bryan Rhoads
Solvatochromic Measurements of Polarities of Several Liquid Ionic Solvents
Research Adviser: Dr. Donald Mencer
Rebecca Rogan, Peggy Romanic, Amanda Sacco
Who Do Children Identify With and Tend to Imitate?
Research Adviser: Dr. Eric Bell
Kim Schiefe
Leadership
Research Adviser: Dr. Kathleen Murphy
Kira Skocik
Turtles of Wekiwa Springs State Park: Turtle Sex
Research Adviser: Dr. Brian Hauge
Krysten Slavick
The Gemstones of Arizona
Research Adviser: Dr. Dan Vice
Sherry Solarz, Jeff Shrader, Kristie Stauder
An Evaluation of Outdoor Toys
Research Adviser: Dr. Eric Bell
Long Vo
Application of Multimedia in Web Design
Research Adviser: Dr. Dave Richards
Courtney Wahl
Emergency Preparedness and Safety on Offshore Drilling Platforms on the Outer Continental Shelf
Research Adviser: Deidre Jago
2001–2002 Student Participants
Shaun Agustinelli, Nicole Cook, Bruce Kemmerer, Mike Ross
Downtown Hazleton Pedestrian Mall: A Plan for the Future Development of Downtown Hazleton
Research Adviser: Eltgad Roces
Young H. An
Theoretical Studies on Ladder Type Repeat Units: Pentacene-Like Molecules
Research Adviser: Dr. Mamoun Bader
Taiala Carvalho
Synthesis of 4-Stilbene Sulfonic Acid and 4,4'-Stilbene dislufonic Acid
Research Adviser: Dr. Mamoun Bader
Gwen Donmoyer, Young H An
Waterless Hand Cleaners: Do They Really Work?
Research Adviser: Tammy Brill
Kristin Dulick
Solvatochromic and Crystal Growth Studies of some Organic Electron Acceptors
Research Adviser: Dr. Mamoun Bader
Matther Eyer
Visualizing the Horror: War From Novel to Film
Research Adviser: Dr. Lucy Morrison
Jared Ferri
Design of a Double Scissor Action Hydraulic Lift
Research Adviser: Wes Grebski
Casey Fischer
Friendship in Fantasy Novels
Research Adviser: Dr. Liz Wright
Laura Gelety, Brandon Chicalese
The Shannie Dilemma
Research Adviser: Tammy Brill
Lindsey Giles, Michelle Tarlecki
Effect of Public Speaking on Heart Rate
Research Adviser: Deidre Jago
Hallie Goldfarb
Holocaust Denial vs. the Evidence for the Existence of the Gas Chambers at Auschwitz
Research Adviser: Dr. Gene Miller
Gabrielle Harrison
Turtle Populations of Wekiwa Springs Revisited
Research Adviser: Dr. J. Brian Hauge
Gabrielle Harrison
Simulating Evolution with Language-like Automata
Research Adviser: Dr. Frank Novak
Aaron Hauer, Adam Kuczynski
A Comparison of the Use of Slave Labor by German and American Corporations During the Holocaust
Research Adviser: Dr. Gene Miller
Sharon Hussey
The Role of Women in Early Anglo-Saxon Society
Research Adviser: Dr. Kathleen Kemmerer
Sharon Hussey, Cindy Huang, Meghan Bell
Can We Laugh After 9/11?
Research Adviser: Dr. Lucy Morrison
Maranatha Jacobs
The Life and Work of the Novelist Brand Whitlock
Research Adviser: Dr. Alan Price
Wendy Long
New Sequence in Learning Organic Chemistry
Research Adviser: Dr. Mamoun Bader
Marcello Luisi
A Comparative Study of Nazi Holocaust Documents: the Use of Straightforward Language and Euphemisms
Research Adviser: Dr. Gene Miller
Craig Lutz
RATS
Research Adviser: Barbara Brazon and Loreen Powell
John Paul Maciejewski
Synthesis and Purification of Ladder Type Repeat Units: Pentacene-Like Molecules
Research Adviser: Dr. Mamoun Bader
Anne McBrearty
Letitia Landon: Interpretations of the Woman and the Writer
Research Adviser: Dr. Lucy Morrison
Jeremy Melber
Economic Development: A New Era
Research Adviser: Dr. Kathy Murphy
Natania Mertz, Amy Kramer, Chris Smyth
Guantanamo's Captives and Human Rights
Research Adviser: Dr. Lucy Morrison
Brent Miller
US Newspaper Coverage of the Holocaust During World Was II
Research Adviser: Dr. Gene Miller
Kathleen Milulski
The (Un)Breakable Bonds: Mother And Child
Adviser: Dr. Lucy Morrison
Simone Osias
How Clean Are Toilets?
Research Adviser: Tammy Brill
David Ozalas
Rotational and Lorentz Symmetries
Research Adviser: Dr. David Miller
Matt Pavelko, Michael Everett, Brett Kluskiewicz
Similarity in XML Documents
Research Adviser: Dr. Pavel Azalov
Kristin Pursell
Evolution vs. Creationism: a Struggle Between Faith and Science
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
Mike Ross, Bruce Kemmerer, Nicole Cook, Shaun Agustinelli
Downtown Hazleton Pedestrian Mall: Design and Layout
Research Adviser: Eltgad Roces
Mike Samilo
Dr. Josef Mengele's Experiments on Twins
Research Adviser: Dr. Gene Miller
Neil A. Scheihing
The Question of E-Commerce
Research Adviser: Dr. Munir Mahmud
Sara Skekel
Will drug trafficking improve the Mexican economy?
Research Adviser: Dr. Lucy Morrison
Greg Sniscak
Collapsible Bicycle Work Stand
Research Adviser: Wes Grebski
2002–2003 Student Participants
Simona Bettineschi
"Is She of Isn't She?'":Elizabeth Dole and the Many Faces of Feminism
Research Adviser: Dr. Molly Wertheimer
Shannon Blank
Childhood Immunization: History and Controversy
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
Jamie Colaneri
The Significance of Women in the Enlightenment
Research Adviser: Dr. Gene Miller
Brian Daglian
From Prosperity to Peril: Economic Conditions in the Roaring 20s and the Great Depression
Research Adviser: Dr. Munir Mahmud
Catherine Damante
Got Wireless?
Research Adviser: Dr. David Richards
Affrille Degoma
Between Two Worlds: Abraham Cahan and the Jewish-American Experience
Research Adviser: Dr. D. Smith
David Dick and Daniel Hartman
Fighting in the Forest: How the British Adapted and Overcame the French in Western Pennsylvania
Research Adviser: Dr. Gene Miller
Nicholas Durham
Natural Cures for Cancer
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
John Fogg - 1st Place Verbal
An Experiment on the Similarity of Web Documents
Research Adviser: Dr. Pavel Azalov
Greg Gutshall
Theoretical Calculations on Some Thiophene Oligomers
Research Adviser: Dr. Mamoun Bader
Ron Harman - 2nd Place Verbal
BRIDGING THE GAP: Routine to Research through Challenging Problems
Research Adviser: Dr. Simon Litvinov
Tara Kushner
The Ethics of the Death Penalty
Research Adviser: Dr. Charles Zola
Tommie Lauderbach
Evidence that our Genes Affect our Tastes in Food
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
Wendy Long and Britt Jacques
Synthesis and Solvatochromism of some Thiophene Oligomers
Research Adviser: Dr. Mamoun Bader
John P. Maciejewski - 1st Place Poster
Triphenodithiazine and Derivatives: Preparation and Characterization.
Research Adviser: Dr. Mamoun Bader
Dana Martin
Schizophrenia: The Myth Unmasked
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
Anne McBrearty
Influence of Sensitivity to PTC on the Acceptance of Cruciferous Vegetables
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
Ahmed Nassar
Do Reaction Products Act as Competitive or Non-competitive Enzyme
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
Milessa Nolter
Change in Centralia Coal Fire over Time
Research Adviser: Dr. Daniel Vice
Brandon Oberweis
War with Iraq and its impact on the US Economy
Research Adviser: Dr. Mamoun Bader
David Ozalas
Mathematical Aspects of Conservation Laws
Research Adviser: Dr. David Miller
Ann Patel
An Evaluation of New Procedures for Myopia/Hyperopia Correction
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
Leo Perrons
Centralia: Example of what can go wrong
Research Adviser: Dr. Daniel Vice
Denisa Pribulova
The Rare Earth Hypothesis and the Search for Complex Life in the Universe
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
Terri Quinn and John Chehovich
5K Scholarship Run
Research Adviser: E. Roces
Nicholas Rosage
Knee Replacement Therapies: Which are Right for You?
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
Robert Salko
Solid Modeling and Engineering Design: Learning the Techniques
Research Adviser: Raj Amireddy
Robert Salko - 3rd Place Verbal
Testing for Flatness
Research Adviser: Dr. David Miller
Mike Schindler - 2nd Place Poster
Powered Taperlock Coupling
Research Adviser: Wes Grebski
Nick Shemonsky
Six Sigma and its Impact on American Management
Research Adviser: L. Singer
Shanna Simmons - 3rd Place Poster
Musical Sounds: More than just the song in your Head
Research Adviser: Dr. David Miller
Sara Skekel
The future of the US: How long will it remain a Global superpower?
Research Adviser: David Sosar
Matthew Synder
Variations in Depositional Environment between the Pottsville Conglomerate and the Hewellyn Formation
Research Adviser: Dr. Daniel Vice
Lauren Ujazdowski
The Table is Set
Research Adviser: Dr. Molly Wertheimer
Beth Ann Wenner
Facts, Tales and Legends of Coal Mining
Research Adviser: Jane Waitkus
2003–2004 Student Participants
Dimple Barolia
Macular Degeneration
Research Adviser: Dr. Anne Hester
Shannon Blank
Genetically Modified Foods: The Technology and Its Products
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
James Colligan & Vitaliy Vlasenko
Emergence of New Capitalism: Lessons Learnt from Soviet Russia
Research Adviser: Dr. Munir Mahmud
Michelle Cullen & Robert Rinish
Regular Expressions: Mentoring with Technology
Research Adviser: Dr. Pavel Azalov
Megan Dock
Stem Cells: The Controversial Medicine of the Future
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
Michael T. Feschuk
Special Interest Money and Its Control over Our Economy
Research Adviser: Dr. Munir Mahmud
Steven Fickner
Water Quality Assessment inthe Nescopeck Creek System
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
Jane Foderaro
Word Problem Solving vs. Academic Success
Research Adviser: Dr. Simon Litvinov
Gregory Gusthall
Theoretical Investigations of the Geometrical and Electronic Properties of Oligothiophenes
Research Adviser: Dr. Mamoun Bader
Ron Harman
The Hollerith Machines: Information, Technology and the Holocaust
Research Adviser: Dr. Gene Miller
Lindsey Kesh
Art: A New Approach to Teaching Anatomy
Research Adviser: Dr. Brian Hauge
Lindsey Kesh
The Effect of Sugar Alcohols on Oral Bacteria
Research Adviser: Tammy Brill
Joshua Light
The Anatomy of a Java Applet: Web-Based Number Conversion
Research Adviser: Ken Dudeck
Joshua Light & Jonathan Jastremsky
AM Mid-Wave Receiver
Research Adviser: Dr. Xingguo Zhang
Krista Lingenfelter
The Immediate and Long Term Effects of Human Misuse of the Artic Region
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
Mike Mansell
Temperatur Measurement Using Sensors and Signal Conditioning
Research Adviser: Ken Dudeck
Ahmed Nassar
The Effects of Toxic Metal and pH Stressors on the Growth of Ankistrodesmus Falcatus
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
Timothy Nowak
Some Kinetic Models for Biochemical Processes
Research Adviser: Dr. Frank Novak
Brandon Oberweiss
Some Kinetic Models for Biochemical Processes
Research Adviser: Dr. Frank Novak
Erika Olson
Genetically Modified Foods: The Economic and Political Players
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
Ann Patel
Genetically Modified Foods: Environmental and Health Concerns
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
Robert Salko
CAD Drafting and Stress Analysis
Research Adviser: Raj Amireddy
Katherine Stabile
Photophysics and Chemistry of Sunblocks
Research Adviser: Dr. Frank Novak
Joanna Szymanski
Solidarity Then and Now
Research Adviser: Dr. Gene Miller
Eric Tobias
On Concurrent Engineering?
Research Adviser: Raj Amireddy
Beth Ann Wenner
The Value and Wealth of Aging
Research Adviser: Dr. Charles Zola
Siri Wenrich
Bilingualism and the Benefit of ESL in Working with Students in High School
Research Adviser: Dr. Anne Hester
Jason Wolf
Drive Trains-Engineering Process
Research Adviser: Raj Amireddy
Jason Wolf
St. Peters Dome - An Engineering Analysis
Research Adviser: Francis Pierucci
2004–2005 Student Participants
Poster Presentations
Cecilia Pik Chi Cheng
How do students decide their major?
Research Adviser: Dr. Yasuo Nishiyama
Aniello Scotto Di Marco
Algorithm for Simulating n Nested Loops
Research Adviser: Dr. Pavel Azalov
Justin Falatko
Anti-Viral Drugs: How They Work and Where They Are Going
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
Michael Feschuk
The 2001 Recession: Jobless Recovery and Lingering Effects
Research Adviser: Dr. Yasuo Nishiyama
William Harkins
Over the Ridge: A Portfolio of Recent Works of Fantasy
Research Adviser: Dr. Thomas Smialek
Brandon Herman
Ordinal Numbers
Research Adviser: Dr. Semyon Litvinov
Sufang Huang
Employment of the Next Decade
Research Adviser: Dr. Yasuo Nishiyama
Krista Lingenfelter
The Negative Effects of OTC Drug Use on the Human Body
Research Adviser: Amie Yenser
Daniel McNinch
Mercury Poisoning and Related Environmental Policy and Politics
Research Adviser: Dr. David Orbin
Timothy Nowak
Measuring Reaction Rates by Optical Activity
Research Adviser: Dr. Frank Novak
Timothy Peters
Abandoned Mine Drainage, Concern for the Local Environment
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
Ryan Smith
The Effect of Symmetry on the Interaction of Molecules and Light
Research Adviser: Dr. Frank Novak
Nicholas Tates
Games for Teaching
Research Adviser: Dr. Pavel Azalov
Lisa Voghel
Tsunami: Wave of Destruction
Research Adviser: Dr. Daniel Vice
Verbal Presentations
Dhaval Bhalodia
Truss Analysis
Research Adviser: Raj Amireddy
Jamie Gatts
Alzheimer's Disease
Research Adviser: Dr. Lisa Swenson
Brandon Herman
Closed, Open, and Half-Open Interval Tilings
Research Adviser: Dr. Seymon Litvinov
Mihir Mistry and Paul DiBiase
Magnetic Levitation
Research Adviser: Dr. Xingguo Zhang
Laura O'Neal
The Sunrise Dance: Coming Into Womanhood in Western Apache Society of the Pacific Southwest
Research Adviser: Dr. Justin Nordstrom
Matthew Powell
Totem Poles of the Pacific Northwest: Traditions of Past and Present
Research Adviser: Dr. Justin Nordstrom
Joseph Rosenberg
Fossils of North-eastern Pennsylvania
Research Adviser: Dr. Carl Frankel
John Skopek, Dhaval Bhalodia and Eric Gogola
Aerodynamic Testing of Structural Members
Research Adviser: Wes Grebski
Melissa Sturak and Nicholene Allen
Teaching Organizational Math Skills Using the Box of Raw Data Method in One Hour
Research Adviser: Dr. Seymon Litvinov
Jeff Trangoch
Music and Personality Type
Research Adviser: Dr. Lisa Swenson