URA 2017 – 2018 Awardees

Shreya

Shreya Agarwal
Developing New Therapeutics for Prostate Cancer: Inhibition of RNA Pol I in Mouse Models of Prostate Cancer
Biological Sciences
Dr. Charles Bieberich

Tsola

Tsola Akuya
Hip-Hop Dance: Foundational vs. Commercial styles
Dance
Ms. Carol Hess-Vait

 

Yafet

Yafet Arafeayne
Synthesizing Flexible Purines for Inhibition of the Nucleocapsid Protein NCp7 in HIV-1
Chemical Engineering
Dr. Katherine Seley-Radtke

Hannah Aris

Hannah Aris
Isolating phosphorus from poultry litter via membrane potentials
Chemical Engineering
Dr. Lee Blaney

 

Emma

Emma Ayala
Strata Animation: Layers in Time and Space
Visual Arts
Ms. Corrie Parks

Haley

Haley Bast
Malaria in Developed Nations
Emergency Health Services
Dr. J. Lee Jenkins

 

Siya

Siya Bhagat
Dendritic Drug Delivery System for Delivery of Cisplatin
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dr. Marie-Christine Onuta

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Jayati Bhavsar
Design of nanoengineered materials for laser host and bone applications: Novel hydroxyapatites
Biological Sciences
Dr. N.B./Bradley Singh/Arnold

 

Jessica

Jessica Black
Sex Differences in Brain Responses to Pain in Migraineurs
Psychology and Biological Sciences
Dr. Raimi Quiton

 

Thomas

Thomas Burnett
Investigating Adaptation of Melanopsin Activation
Biological Sciences
Dr. Phyllis Robinson

 

Jolee

Jolee Cohen
Summer Shakespearean Study
Acting
Ms. Eve Muson

Kelly

Kelly Dunn
Narrative Constructions of Collective Memory: Representing the Armed Conflict in Colombia
Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication
Dr. Tania Lizarazo

 

Arissa

Arissa Falat
A Structure-Activity Relationship study of Flex-acyclic 2,4-diaminopyrimidine nucleosides
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dr. Katherine Seley-Radtke

Jair

Jair Flores
Role of Phosphatases in intrisically photosensitive Rential Ganglion Cell
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dr. Phyllis Robinson

 

 

 

Anthony

Anthony Huynh
Dissecting dynamic spatial localization of mTOR in living cells
Biological Sciences
Dr. Minjoung Kyoung

Temitope

Temitope Ibitoye
Photolysis of Macrolide Antibiotics at 253.7 NM
Chemical Engineering
Dr. Lee Blaney

 

Zakari

Zakari Jaworski
Meaning in Movement: Understand Dance Through Research
History and Dance
Ms. Carol Hess-Vait

 

Kavita

Kavita Kumar
A Study of Social Attitudes and Quantitative Skills
Health Administration and Policy
Dr. Simon Stacey

 

Michael

Michael LaScola
Generation and analysis of dp1 mutants in the green alga Volvox carteri
Chemical Engineering
Dr. Stephen Miller

Andrew

Andrew Le
Genome-Scale Metabolic Reconstruction of the Purinsome Multi-Enzyme Complex
Bioinformatics
Dr. Songon An

 

Richard

Richard Linkous
Characterization of the Pathogenic Bacterial Iron Uptake Protein FeoA
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dr. Aaron Smith

Samiksha

Samiksha Manjani
Analyzing the Sociological and Legal Impacts on the State-wide Occurrence and Reporting of Rape
Political Science and Sociology and Anthropology
Dr. Jeffrey Davis

 

Jason

Jason Mascelli
Can Local Governments and Nonprofits Affect Immigrant Settlement?
Global Studies
Dr. Felipe Filomeno

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Courtney Mattson
Behavior of Darters in Response to Olfactory Cues
Biological Sciences
Dr. Tamra Mendelson

 

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Sarah Miller
Women’s Roles in Affordable Housing Communities in Rio de Janeiro
Interdisciplinary Studies
Dr. Sarah Chard
See Sarah’s capstone presentation here.

 

Ijaz

Ijaz Mohamed
Heme Regulation of Arginine Transferases
Biological Sciences
Dr. Aaron Smith

 

 

Tziona

Tziona NessAiver
Communicating Via EEG and Sound
Interdisciplinary Studies
Dr. Charles LaBerge
Watch Tziona’s capstone presentation here.

 

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Angela Ossana
Laser-Induced Plasma Infrared Spectroscopy
Chemical Engineering
Dr. Bradley Arnold

Ezra

Ezra Pailer
Animated Documentary Exploring Poetry as a Tool of Activism
Visual Arts
Ms. Corrie Parks

 

Trevor

Trevor Pitts
A Study of Social Attitudes and Quantitative Skills
Psychology
Dr. Simon Stacey

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Alexis Ramsey
Functional Characterization of the Aspergillus nidulans, nrc2 gene
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dr. Mark Marten

 

Priyanka

Priyanka Ranade
Using Cognitive Computing to Improve Cybersecurity
Information Systems
Dr. Anupam Joshi

Mia

Mia Rickenbach
Cobalt Studios Summer Scene Painting
Theatre
Mr. Nate Sinnott

 

 

 

William

William Shelton
Analyzing the Effectiveness of Crowd-sourcing Classification Tasks
Geography and Environmental Systems and Philosophy
Dr. Matthew Fagan

 

Savannah

Savannah Steinly
Direct and Indirect Photolysis of Organometallic Compounds
Chemical Engineering
Dr. Lee Blaney

 

 

 

Mai Han

Mai-Han Trinh
A Study of Social Attitudes and Quantitative Skills
Statistics
Dr. Simon Stacey

Yeerfan

Yeerfan Tuerdi
An Efficient Parallelizing Compiler for the Many-Core Architecture
Computer Engineering
Dr. Tinoosh Mohsenin

 

Adaku

Adaku Uchendu
Numerical Simulation of Vibrations of Mechanical Structures
Mathematics
Dr. Bedrich Sousedik

Austin

Austin Vong
Mammal Species Richness and Abundance Across Baltimore Forest Patches
Biological Sciences, Environmental Science
Dr. Colin Studds

 

 

 

Yuwanyum

Yuwanyum Zhu
Parenting Control in European American mothers, Chinese and Korean Immigrant Mothers.
Sociology and Anthropology, Psychology
Dr. Charissa Cheah