The Engineering School Undergraduate Research and Design Symposium is
an annual presentation, and selection of the best of the Undergraduate Research
theses. Each finalist in the competition performs a 15-minute oral presentation,
and three awards are given at the end of the symposium. Listed below are the finalists,
the winners, and the members of the selection commmittee.
2007
Henry Cook (Computer Science) Optimizing Chip Multiprocessor Designs Using Genetically Programmed Response Surfaces
Owen Miller (Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics) Modeling in the Coulomb Blockade Regime: Exploring the Capabilities and Limitations of the Orthodox Theory of Transport
John Jameson (Biomedical Engineering) Synthesis of Bone Tissue Engineering Scaffolds with Varied Mechanical Properties
2006
Elizabeth Horahan (Chemical Engineering) Design, Development and Testing of a Thoracic Exoskeletal Breathing Apparatus (TEBA) Utilizing Active Cellular Materials
Alicia Evangelista (Biomedical Engineering) Novel Effects of Nitric Oxide on Cardiac Muscle Myosin: Finding a Mechanism for Heart Disease
Carlos Sevilla (Biomedical Engineering) Investigating the use of Gold Nonospheres for the Selective Killing of Cancer Cells by Absorption of Laser Radiation
2005
Johanne Python (Biomedical Engineering) The Viscoelastic
Properties of Receptor-Specific Membrane Tethers
Brian Gawalt (Electrical Engineering) Automatic Modulation
Identification
Nathan Lewis (Biomedical Engineering) Characterization of P/Q-,
N-, and L-type Calcium Channel Response to Verapamil and a Novel
Ion Channel Blocker
2004
Neda Cvijetic (Electrical Engineering) Space-Time Coding
Against Fading in Free-Space Optical Channels
Alla Aksel (Computer Engineering) Monitoring Tremor
in Parkinson's Disease Patients Via a Wearable Assessment
Device
Sally Moffett (Mechanical Engineering) Wavelet-Based
Analysis of the Turbulent Energy Cascade as Described by
Burger's Equation
2003
David Simpson (Engineering Science) CXCR6-positive T
Cells Display Extralymphoid Homing Petential
Elisa Ferrante (Mechanical Engineering) Fluid Flow Visualization
and Analysis Inside a Magnetically Guided Microcatheter
Baron Schwartz (Computer Science) Transforming XML into
Music Notation
2002
Suzanne Groves (Mechanical Engineering) Developing Wavelet-Based Diagnostics
for Analyzing Transient Roll Motion of Ships
Emily Quann ( Chemical Engineering)
Functional Analysis of Protein Kinase C Isotypes During Differentiation from
Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells into Cardiomyocytes
Daniel Ceperley (Electrical
and Computer Engineering) Adaptive Beam-Forming in Medical Imaging
2001
Patrick Bell (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Submillimeter-Wave Wireless
Communication
Ana Marie (Chemical Engineering) Ponce Characterization
of the Capillary Sprout Tip: Implications for Chemotactic Signaling in Angiogenesis
Matthew Kennedy (Chemical Engineering) In-Vitro Evaluation of Anti-Annexin
Contraceptive Agents for Parasitic Nematodes
2000
Tiffany
L. Johnson (Chemical Engineering) The Effects GDF-5 and GDF-7 on the Viscoelastic
Properties of Mouse Tail Tendons
Tudor I. Palaghita (Aerospace Engineering)
Wind Tunnel Investigation of a Flapping Wing
Emma A. Pehovaz-Diez (Chemical
Engineering) The Effect of Bath Chemistry Evolution on the Corrosion Resistance
of Hydrotalcite-based Conversion Coatings
1999
Christopher
F. Batten (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Component Failure Handling
in Isotach Token Managers
Todd J. Mondzelewski (Biomedical Engineering)
The Design and Characterization of a Phantom Eye to be used in Ultrasonic Imaging
Joseph A. Dunn, III (Systems Engineering) Tactical Analysis of Criminal
Activity within RECAP
1998
Alvina Lo (Civil Engineering)
Use of Colloidal Organoclays in Ground Water Remediation
Kira Attwood
(Computer Science) Development of a Safe Solution to Multicast Firewall Traversal
David Douglas (Mechanical Engineering) An Improved Mechanical Vibrato
Device for the Electric Bass Guitar
