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Student Research Forum 2010 - Winners
Abstracts Booklet
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The 2010 winners:
Humanities: Social Science and Business Practices
Graduate Students
| Name | Department | Advisor | Abstract | |
| 1st Place: | Jennifer Olson | Educational Policy Studies | Dr. Christopher Miller | Abstract 129: Like being at a new school: Students’ lived experience in a turnaround school |
| 2nd Place: | Qiana Cryer and Camille R. Quinn |
Social Work | Dr. Binta Green | Abstract 42: Adolescent wellbeing and perceptions of father involvement |
| 3rd Place: | Marlon Cummings | Educational Policy Studies | Not Provided | Abstract 43: The financial impact of food service management companies on school lunch programs in Illinois |
| Honorable mention: | Jared Maeda | Health Policy and Administration | Dr. Anthony Lo Sasso | Abstract 114: The effects of market competition on hospital performance: Does it lead to better heart failure care? |
Undergraduate Students
| Name | Department | Advisor | Abstract | |
| 1st Place: | Kathleen Lee | Psychology | Dr. Gary Raney | Abstract 107: False cognate detection: Examining bilingual lexical systems |
| 2nd Place: | Victor Perez | Urban and Public Affairs | Dr. Valerie Werner | Abstract 143: Funding policy for mass transit and its impacts on Chicago |
| 3rd Place: | Andrew Guerrero | History | Dr. Renato Barahona | Abstract 66: From Harlot to Hag: An analysis of women and witchcraft in early modern Europe |
| Honorable mention: | Jason Sikorski | Kinesiology and Nutrition | Dr. David Marquez | Abstract 175: Effects of a student-mentor run program |
Life Science:
Graduate Students
| Name | Department | Advisor | Abstract | |
| 1st Place: | Matthew Curtis | Bioengineering | Dr. Brenda Russell | Abstract 44: Microscale-based anchorage in 3D alters the mechanics of cardiac myocyte contraction |
| 2nd Place: | Naval Shilpa | Pediatric Dentistry | Dr. Christine Wu | Abstract 124: Plaque acidogenicity resulting from beverages consumed after dry sugary cereal |
| 3rd Place: | Sherwin Abraham | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics | Dr. Vadim Gaponenko | Abstract 2: The hypervariable region of K-Ras4B modulates its interactions with lipids and proteins. |
| Honorable mention: | Rafael Vega | Surgery | Dr. Jose Oberholzer | Abstract 193: Modified gold nanoparticle vectors: The development of a biocompatible intracellular delivery system for pancreatic islet cell transplantation |
Undergraduate Students:
| Name | Department | Advisor | Abstract | |
| 1st Place: | Chen Shi | Biological Sciences | Drs. Charles Louis Mix and Jane Wu | Abstract 173: Understanding the role of TDP-43 in the Nervous System |
| 2nd Place: | Michael Jones | Kinesiology and Nutrition | Dr. Karrie Hamstra-Wright | Abstract 82: The Effects of therapeutic massage and Kinesio® tape on scapular posture and upper shoulder chronic musculoskeletal pain |
| 3rd Place: | Aunica Jones | Chemistry | Dr. Leslie Fung | Abstract 81: Purification and analysis of PurE, a recombinant protein for drug discovery studies |
| Honorable mention: | Brian Lin | Medicine | Dr. Yong Zhao | Abstract 110: Human cord blood stem cell-modulated regulatory T lymphocytes reverse autoimmune type 1 diabetes in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice |
Physical Science and Engineering:
Graduate Students
| Name | Department | Advisor | Abstract | |
| 1st Place: | Siddhesh Angle | Bioengineering | Dr. Amarjit Virdi | Abstract 7: Healing of rat femoral segmental defect with bone morphogenetic protein-2: A dose response study |
| 2nd Place: | Anita Ramirez | Mechanical and Industrial Engineering | Dr. Suresh Aggarwal | Abstract 151: Quantitative analysis of a heavy-duty diesel fuel injector |
| 3rd Place: | Andrea Antoniou | Chemistry | Dr. Leslie Fung | Abstract 8: a-spectrin interacting proteins: bIV spectrin and AKIP1c |
| Honorable mention: | Sukhraaj Basati | Bioengineering | Dr. Andreas Linninger | Abstract 14: Development of improved treatment options for hydrocephalic patients |
Undergraduate Students:
| Name | Department | Advisor | Abstract | |
| 1st Place: | Abdulrahman Dia | Chemistry | Dr. Scott Shippy | Abstract 49: Capillary electrophretic assay of the concentration effect of NO metabolites after capillary vacuum pull at varying rates |
| 2nd Place: | Mark McGee | Mechanical Engineering | Dr. Ernesto Indacochea | Abstract 116: Development of cutting-edge multi-layered aluminum bonding by means of accumulative-roll bonding (ARB) process |
| 3rd Place: | Manpreet Kohli | Computer Science | Dr. Mitchell Theys | Abstract 96: Gaussian inverse of an invertible square matrix using parallel processing on a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) |
| Honorable mention: | Nicholas Spizzirri | Physics | Dr. Henrik Aratyn | Abstract 180: Generating rational solutions to the fifth Painleve equation |
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