Annual funding for the Undergraduate Research Scholar Awards grew further this year, with more undergraduates receiving awards than at any other point in the program’s history.
The number of awards and financial support leapt 17 percent over last year’s numbers. In all, 54 students will study such topics as software safety, home healthcare, preparedness for natural disasters and more.
Sponsored by the Office of Vice President for Research, the program offers $500 to undergraduate students pursuing original research projects. The financial backing helps pay for laboratory expenses, travel and other study-related costs.
Faculty advisers receive $300 for each student they support.
Since 2007, when the award program began, the Office of Vice President for Research has more than doubled the number of awards and financial support for undergraduates. In 2007, 21 awards were presented, totaling $16,800. This year’s 54 awards represent $43,200 in undergraduate research.
“UT Dallas has high-quality students doing outstanding research,” said Dr. Bruce Gnade, vice president for research. “The awards acknowledge that and give these researchers a chance to apply for a competitive grant early in their careers. This is the third time we have done this, and I continue to be impressed by the applications and the work our students are doing.”
The funds were granted for two semesters by the Office of the Vice President for Research and are supported by Raytheon. In April, the students will present their results in a poster contest.
“I was really excited to have won,” said Mac Hird, a physics student whose project is titled “Ion and Radical Distributions in Fluorocarbon Plasmas.”“The most useful part was the actual process of doing a funding application for a research grant. I will be able to use that knowledge as I continue in my research career.”
The complete list of student winners and their research projects are as follows:
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Student
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Project Title
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Adviser Name
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Shelby Alexander |
Developing ~ 3nm Fluorescent Gold Nanoparticles for Live Cell Imaging |
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Jie Zheng |
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Melinda Archacki-Sutter |
Understanding the Disparities in Children’s Critical Thinking Skills: The Role of Individual Differences |
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Candice Mills |
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Katherine Bierschenk |
The Effects of Polymers on COM Crystal Growth |
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Bruce Gnade |
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Irina Brinster |
Polygonal Linkage Unfolding in 2 D |
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Sergey Bereg |
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Phillip Campbell |
Chemical Etching Characteristics of Silicon and Molybdenum |
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Yves Chabal |
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Stephanie Cenzia |
Nafion®/ETS-10 Composite Membranes for High Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells |
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Ken Balkus |
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Qishen Chang |
Effect of Backbone-Methylation of Reversible cyclic Peptides on Dispersion of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes |
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Gregg Dieckmann |
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Yashodhan Gogte |
Xenon-defluoride as an etchant for MEMS fabrication: |
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Yves Chabal |
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Manasa Guduru |
Software Safety Analysis: An Integrated Approach |
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W. Eric Wong |
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Rodolfo Guzman |
Insitu FTIR Characterization of Unzipped Carbon Nanotubes/Graphene Ribbons |
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Yves Chabal |
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Lorna Hanko |
Why Water Supply Models for North Texas are Wrong: Magnified Runoff Response to Decadal and Longer Changes in Precipitation |
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Tom Brikowski |
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MacKenzie Hird |
Ion and Radical Distributions in Fluorocarbon Plasmas |
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Lawrence Overzet |
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Kevin Hulin |
Self-Detection of Abnormal Event Sequences |
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Farokh Bastani/I-Ling Yen/Latifur Kahn |
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Brian Kristopoher Hurley |
The effect of tempo on memory for musical rhythm |
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W. Jay Dowling |
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Martin Huynh |
Investigation of the Molecular Mechanism by which Deficient Ribosome Biogenesis Enhances Hypoxia Responses |
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Li Zhang |
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Thomas Krenik |
Applications of Nanotechnology and Artificial Muscles to the Creation of an Alternative to Traditional Air Conditioning |
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Bruce Gnade |
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Daniel Lazourievsky |
Economic Impact of the Cash for Clunkers Program |
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Charles Hazzard |
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Francisco Lima |
Evaluating Efficiency of Ball Drive |
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Matt Goeckner |
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Arie Litovsky |
Automatic Essay Scoring |
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Vincent Ng |
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Archana Madhaven |
Repression of Quorum Sensing During the Sinorhizobium meliloti-Alfalfa Symbiosis |
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Juan Gonzalez |
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Kendra Malone |
Effect of HDRP on Gamma-Globin Expression in K562 Cells |
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Betty Pace |
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Chanel Matney |
Plasticity in the rat auditory cortex with tone-paried vagal nerve stimulation |
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Michael Kilgard |
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Pauras Memon |
Synthesis and Characterization of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks for Incorporation into Mixed-matrix Membranes for Gas Separations |
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Inga Musselman |
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Kenneth Alexander Mills |
Automated Admissions Assistant |
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Ying Liu |
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Laurel Moran |
Petrographic Sources of Water-Leachable Organic Compounds |
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Robert Finkelman |
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Chuong Nguyen |
Stabilization effect of nanoparticles and surfactants on water-oil interface |
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Steven Nielsen |
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Larry Nguyen |
Location of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes dispersed within a cell |
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Rockford Draper |
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Meagan Olson |
Does T-peptide killing accurately model Alzheimer’s disease? |
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Santosh D’Mello |
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Alexander Palmer |
Search for charmed baryonia in reaction |
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Joe Izen |
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Rajen Harish Patel |
Examining perceptual and conceptual differences in object comparisons using event related potentials |
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John Hart |
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Jeremy Peal |
Texas’ Home Healthcare Boom |
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Forney Fleming |
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John Perales |
Power Handling Capability of EG-GCPW Circuits |
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Rashaunda Henderson |
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Shivangi Pokharel |
Study of Long Term Impact of Early Childhood Education |
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Richard Scotch |
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Conner Pokorny |
Evaluating Efficiency of Ball Drive |
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Matt Goeckner |
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Ventsislav Radulov |
The influence of Foreign Direct Investments over the Central and Eastern European Countiries’ economies |
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Peter Lewin |
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Prashant Raghavendran |
Dispersion Assays of Impure and Pure carbon Nanotube Samples |
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Rockford Draper |
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Bryan Reeves |
Natural Disaster Preparedness |
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Catherine Eckel |
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Ali A. Saherwala |
CEST Agents for MRI Imaging with emphasis on Oncological Detection |
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Dean Sherry |
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Elizabeth Schmiedel |
Synthesis and polymerization of novel thieno[3,2-b:4,5-B’]dipyrrole monomer |
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Mihaela Ivou Stefan |
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Thomas Sires |
Intuitive Interface Design for Experiments in Behavioral Economics |
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Catherine Eckel |
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Nicholas Scott Spencer |
Placethings |
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Dean Terry |
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Shane Stone |
Block Copolymers for Solar Energy Conversion |
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John Ferraris |
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Chris Stovall |
Dissociating Visual and Verbal Working Memory Substrates |
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Michael Motes |
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Benjamin Swedlove |
High Performance Nano-Composite Cathodes Involving Carbon Nanotube Sheets and LiMPO4 for Lithium Batteries |
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Shaoli Fang |
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John Syrinek |
Placethings |
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Dean Terry |
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Rebecca Tang |
Esther R. Sawyer Competition |
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Tracey Rowlett |
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Luis Torres |
Simulation and Visualization of the Human Tongue with Motion Capture Constraints |
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Xiaohu Guo |
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Ashley Vanderburg |
The Modulatory Role of the Basolateral Complex of the Amygdala for a Non-arousing Task |
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Christa McIntyre |
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T. Vu Khiem |
Photodegradation of Phenol using PbS Quantum Dot-Doped TiO2 |
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Ken Balkus |
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Emily Vutnam |
Gender Differences in ERPs for Semantic Inhibition |
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Mandy Maguire |
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Colin Wichman |
Impulsivity, Risk and Time Preference, and Financial Trustworthiness – Anatomy OF THE Credit Score |
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Catherine Eckel |
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Caitlin Williamson |
Determining the function of gene SMa0089 in Sinorhizobium Meliloti |
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Juan Gonzalez |
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Lye-ching Wong |
XmnI Polymorphism In Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease |
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Betty Pace |
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Natasha Woods |
Probing the Geometry & Physics of the Emission Region of AGN using Hard X-ray and Gamma-ray Observations |
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Mary Urquhart |
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