Fourth annual Student Research Symposium
April 18, 2008
Biological and Behavioral Science
Sarah Bortvedt, Biology Department, Univ. of Portland
New approaches to Huntington's Disease therapy: investigating combined drug and intracellular antibody treatments in a Drosophila model.
In 2007, Sarah Bortvedt won a Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research.
Elysia J. Beattie, Psychology Department, WSU Vancouver
Long-term alterations in antinociception and tolerance following morphine exposure in juvenile rats.
David Butler, OHSU School of Dentistry
Fluoride release from resin-modified glass ionomer following the application of a fluoride-containing dentifrice.
David Chuba, Biology Department, PSU
The phylogeny of the African Asclepias complex (Apocyanaceae).
Chemistry
Michael G. Walter, Chemistry Department, PSU
Conductive polymers of aminophenylporphyrins: mechanisms for polymerization and electronic conductivity.
Vidya Dhote, Chemistry Department, PSU
Characterization of putative self-resistance genes in the biosynthetic gene cluster of hygromycin A from Streptomyces hygroscopicus NRRL 2388.
Alex Samuels, Department of Chemistry, Univ. of Portland
Taxanes in greenhouse water runoff?
Earth and Environmental Science
Fungai Mukome, Environmental Sciences and Management, PSU
Kinetics of fertilizer-derived cadmium in agriciultural soils and the factors that affect its rate of release.
Karen R. Carroll, Geology Department, PSU
Evolution of phenocrysts as a result of magma mixing at Mt. St. Helens Volcano, Washington.
Adeniyi A. Adenuga, Chemistry Department, PSU
A direct diesel exhaust particulate health effect monitor.
Engineering, Computer Science, and Mathematics
Nathalie Neve, Dept. of Mech. and Mat. Engineering, PSU
The mu-pivot: a laser-based system applying optical forces and flow measurements integrated with microfluidics for cellular engineering.
Naomi Alandt, Dept. of Mech. and Mat. Engineering, PSU
Capstone design of a thermally regulated microfluidic culture environment for cell biomechanical studies.
Jeremiah Zimmerman, Dept. of Mech. and Mat. Engineering, PSU
Computational fluid dynamics modeling of an optically trapped microsphere in multiple flow conditions.
Physics
Devon McClain, Physics Dept., PSU
Impact of oxygen adsorption on a large population of carbon nanotube field effect transistors.
Jianfeng Wu, Physics Dept., PSU
Direct growth of single walled carbon nanotubes for the characterization of structural and electronic properties.
Matthew Gorby, Physics Dept., PSU
Molecular fluorescence in a planar microcavity of negative refractive materials.