Dr. Laura Pawlow
lpawlow@siue.edu
Room 0134, Alumni Hall
Edwardsville, IL 62026-1121
(618) 650-2608
Campus Box 1121
Provost Office
Rendleman Hall 3115
Campus Box 1300
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| Members of the 2005-06 Undergraduate Research Academy at their Symposium in April, 2006. From left: Darci Trader, Veronica Schwartz, Trina Reichenbacher, Heather Knudson, Joy Kiviat, Jennifer Mellick, Laura Fayollat, Jay Munyon, Kristen Spence, Mircea Sauciuc, Dustin Hancks, Ross Mead, Sara Sparr, Maggie Duckworth, Shari Pray. Back row: Nathan Motl. Not pictured: Kevin Becker. |
Members of the 2005-2006 Academy, their projects and mentors are as follows:
| Kevin Becker, Foreign Languages Project: "Mississippi Gold" Mentor: Geert Pallemans Special Note: Kevin presented his work at the Spring 2006 French and Spanish Undergraduate and Graduate Symposium at Saint Louis University in March 2006 |
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Laura Fayollat, Geography Project: "Doing 'Women's Work': Gendered Workspaces and Gender Expectations" Mentor: Susan Hume Special Note: Laura present her research at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers in San Francisco in March 2007 |
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Dustin Hancks, Biological Sciences Project: "Hybridzation Between Fundulus olivaceus and F. notatus Assessed Using Single Nucleotide Diagnostic Markers" Mentor: David Duvernell Special Notes: Dustin was a contributing author to the journal article "Hybridization and reproductive isolation among syntopic populations of the topminnows Fundulus notatus and F. olivaceus" (D.D. Duvernell, J.F. Schaefer, D.C. Hancks, J.A. Fonoti, A.M. Ravanelli, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Volume 20, Issue 1, January 2007, Pages 152-164 He presented his research at the the Evolution 2006 Conference in New York (SUNY Stonybrook) in Summer 2006 and the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting in St. Louis, the Illinois State Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting in Chicago and SIUE Graduate School's 10th Annual Research Graduate Symposium, all in Spring 2006. Dustin is attending graduate school (Cell and Molecular Biology) at the University of Pennsylvania |
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Joy Kiviat, Nursing Project: "Are We Catching the Falls? Validation of an Inpatient Fall Risk Assessment Tool" Mentor: Kathy Ketchum Special Note: Joy presented her research at the Midwest Nursing Research Society's 30th Annual Research Conference in Milwaukee in Spring 2006 |
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Heather Knudson, Special Education and Communication Disorders (Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology) Project: "Analysis of Consonants in the Speech of Persons with ALS" Mentor: Melanie Brimer Special Notes: Heather presented her research at the 46th Annual Convention of the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association at Rosemont, IL, the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Annual Meeting, and SIUE Graduate School's 10th Annual Research Graduate Symposium, all in Spring 2006. She is pursuing a masters degree in Speech-Language Pathology at SIUE |
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Ross Mead, Computer Science Project: "Algorithms for Control and Interaction of Large Formations of Robots" Mentors: Jerry Weinberg and William White Special Notes: Ross presented his research at the Twenty-first National Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Boston in July 2006 and at SIUE Graduate School's 10th Annual Student Research Graduate Symposium in April 2006. He was also a member of the 2006-07 Undergraduate Research Academy with his project "Impromptu Teams of Heterogeneous Mobile Robots" |
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Jennifer Mellick, Social Work Project: "The Effects of Increased Security Measures in Selected Metro East High Schools" Mentor: Roger Boyd
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Nathan Motl, Chemistry Project: "The Effect of Coordination of Cyclopropylalkynes to Metal" Mentor: Mike Shaw Special Notes: Nathan presented his research at the American Chemical Society's Annual Meeting and Exposition in Atlanta and SIUE Graduate School's 10th Annual Student Research Graduate Symposium, both in Spring 2006. He will be pursuing his PhD in Chemistry at Pennsylvania State University beginning in fall 2007. |
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Special Notes: Jay presented his research at The Ecological Society of America's 91st Annual Meeting in Memphis in August 2006 and the llinois State Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting in Chicago in April 2006. He is pursuing a masters degree in Biology at Florida International University. |
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Shari Pray, Art and Design (Metalsmithing) Project: "Aesthetic and Conceptual Coloring of Metal Through Patination" Mentor: Paulette Myers Special Note: Shari received a 2006 Student Scholarship from the Society of North American Goldsmiths for outstanding metalsmithing work and endless contributions to the Metalsmithing Area at SIUE |
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Trina Reichenbacher, Biological Sciences (Medical Science) Project: "Fusing Apoptotic Cells with Viable Cells to Induce Cell Death" Mentor: Paul Wanda Special Note: Trina is employed as an associate scientist in genetic toxicology at Pfizer, Inc. in St. Louis |
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Mircea Sauciuc, English Language and Literature Project: "Direction Types in Romanian" Mentors: Ronald Schaefer and Larry Lafond Special Notes: Mircea presented his research at the 4th Annual Undergraduate Linguistics Colloquium at Harvard University in April 2006. He is pursuing a masters degree in Linguistics at the University of Kansas |
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Veronica Schwartz, Biological Sciences (Medical Science) Project: "The Cytopathic Effects of Canine Distemper Virus Infection on Vero Cells: Does CDV Induce Apoptosis?" Mentor: Paul Wanda Special Note: Veronica will be pursuing a degree in veterinary medicine from the University of Missouri beginning in Fall 2007 |
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Sara Sparr, Biological Sciences (Genetic Engineering) Project: "Effects of C-8 Ceramine on Protein Content and Cell Viability in Human ARPE-19 Cells" Mentor: Paul Wanda Special Note: Sara presented her research at the Illinois State Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting in Chicago in April 2006. She is employed as a laboratory technologist at Prairie Farms in Granite City, IL |
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Kristen Spence, Nursing Project: "Adolescent High School Students' Perspectives Toward Teen Pregnancy: An Intervention Study" Mentor: Laura Bernaix Special Notes: Kristen won best poster display at the Midwest Nursing Research Society's 30th Annual Research Conference in Milwaukee and presented her research at SIUE Graduate School's 10th Annual Student Research Graduate Symposium, both in Spring 2006 |
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Darci Trader, Chemistry Project: "A New Synthesis for an Isobenzofurans" Mentor: James McClure Special Notes: Darci presented her research at the 233rd American Chemical Society Meeting and Exposition (ACS) in Chicago in March 2007 and at the SIUE Graduate School's 10th Annual Student Research Graduate Symposium in April 2006. She is pursuing her masters degree in Chemistry at SIUE |
For more information on the Undergraduate Research Academy, contact Dr. Victoria G. Scott at (618) 650-2640 or viscott@siue.edu or Cindy Scarsdale at (618) 650-3647 or cscarsd@siue.edu.
