1 | In the Summer 2017 application cycle for the URI Stipend, we received 183 applications and approved 48 projects. | ||
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3 | Student First Name | Student Last Name | Project Title |
4 | Joel | Agarwal | Post-Bronchodilator Testing as Part of Pulmonary Physiology Labs: Part of the Asthma Over-Diagnosis Problem? |
5 | Amira | Aissiou | Exploring the luminescence decay speed in high-brightness silicon quantum dots |
6 | Syed Irtiaz | Alam | Investigate the effect of variation in welding parameters on the overall weld quality using an automated orbital welding process. |
7 | Carolyn | Boychuk | Minimizing Practice Variation and Unnecessary Resource Utilization in Pediatric Cardiology |
8 | Vincent | Castonguay-Siu | Investigation of Accelerating Flow on Gas Clearance for High Flow Nasal Cannula Therapy |
9 | Valerie | Cheung | The Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Speech Motor Control during a Picture Naming Task in Healthy Younger and Older Adults |
10 | Tianna | Clarke | Role of alcohol-induced cytochrome P450 enzymes in the depletion of hepatic vitamin A |
11 | Natalie | Eng | Growth and Vulnerability in Africa as a Consequence of Chinese Investment |
12 | Changhao | Fang | Controlled Drug Delivery System from Light-Responsive Microgels |
13 | Mykhailo | Flaks | Improving magnetometers for Neuroscience applications based on a new technology in Physics |
14 | Xinhan (Sherry) | Gao | Air Quality in Urban Environments: Student Investigations of Personal Exposure to Respirable Particulate Matter |
15 | Amber | Hager | Sarcopenia in infants and children with chronic liver disease awaiting transplantation (LTX): Impact on pre-and-post operative LTX outcomes. |
16 | Calvin | Howard | Can the Introduction of Noise Improve Standing and Walking with Intraspinal Microstimulation? |
17 | David | Hu | Investigating synergistic effects of Intraspinal Microstimulation and monoaminergic modulation on spinal circuitry - Implication in spinal cord injury rehabilitation |
18 | Zhongren | Jin | NMR Study of Alkaline Earth Borophosphate Glass |
19 | Kelly | Keus | Portrayals of mental illness in contemporary fiction for young people. |
20 | Austen | Lee | Laughing Through Tears? : Cancer Narratives in Film Comedy and the Effects of Humour on the Terminally Ill |
21 | Nathan | Lentz | The Metabolic and Energetic Needs of Race Car Driving Performance |
22 | Angela | Ma | Are extremist groups perceived as being more cohesive? |
23 | Ariel | MacDonald | On the Waterfront: Urban Renewal and Political Dissent in Belgrade, Serbia |
24 | Juliana | Montoya Sanchez | The effects of Vocalization type on ZENK gene production in Black capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) brain cells. |
25 | Elizabeth | Pankratz | Determining best practices in the design of online dictionaries of Canadian Indigenous languages |
26 | Nicole | Paskar | How do adult female red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) choose among offspring during bequeathal? |
27 | Christina | Paterson | Exploring the relationship between virtual and cell based crossmatch- defining key parameters to optimize patient access to transplant. |
28 | Feodor | Poukhovski-Sheremetyev | Stimulant Medications and Induced Suicidality in Youth with ADHD |
29 | Samia | Rahman | The generation of stable cartilage tissue from adult-derived stem cells. |
30 | Shauna | Regan | Risk of venous thromboembolism (blood clots) in cystic fibrosis patients during hospitalization and the role of chemoprophylaxis as preventative therapy. |
31 | Marla | Roth | Do High Elevations Hinder Whitebark Pine’s Ability to Defend Against Mountain Pine Beetle? |
32 | Alexandra | Schaefer | Development and use of software for analyzing neural signals |
33 | Mason | Schindle | Longitudinal Changes in Nerve Health and Spasticity in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury Following Stimulation-Based Cycling |
34 | Megan | Schmidt | Carbon emissions from lakes in the Taiga Plains |
35 | Sophie | Shi | Fabrication of Stretchable Circuitry for Wearable Biosensors that Allow Real-Time Patient Monitoring |
36 | Morgan | Sosniuk | Immune phenotype and function of pediatric cardiac surgery patients: Laying the groundwork for assessment of post thymectomy immune function |
37 | Paisly | Symenuk | Exploring Strategies to Eliminate Family Violence during Pregnancy in Remote Zambia |
38 | Jonas | Szelewicki | Detection and characterization of shiga toxin genes of E. coli found in clinical cases |
39 | Cailey | Turner | Walking exercise therapy to improve sleep and QOL in menopausal women; a systematic review |
40 | Jacqueline | Withers | Colour signalling online: How filtered “selfies” can increase reproductive success |
41 | Nicholas | Yee | Cognitive Function and Wearable Sensors |
42 | Rachel | Zukiwsky | The Role of the Superior Fissure in Migration of Neural Crest Cells Into the Eye |
43 | The following projects were supported through targeted funding for students supervised by current Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant holders. | ||
44 | Lisa | Bojanowski | The Intersection of Canadian Politics, Satire and Feminism - An Analysis of "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" and "Rick Mercer Report" (2015-2017). |
45 | Mao | Ding | Orientation toward lifelong learning of medical students and practicing physicians |
46 | Heather | Capel | Development and optimization of an exploratory haptic assistive robotic interface for use by children with motor impairments. |
47 | Sauleha | Farooq | Sports and Stereotypes: An examination of Muslim women’s perspectives on sports |
48 | Terra | Pombert | The History of Women and Environmental Activism in Alberta |
49 | Justine | Sander | Existential Freedom and the Political |
50 | The following projects were supported through targeted funding for projects advancing campus sustainability, provided by the Office of Sustainability and Facilities & Operations under the Learning Experiences through Applied Projects (LEAP) program. | ||
51 | Dillon | Lee | International students and their accessibility to on-campus health services |
52 | Megha | Sharma | Work Place Culture- Diversity in Engineering |
53 | Meghana | Valupadas | Diversity in Engineering - Student Culture |