Wake Forest University Fellowship Program

Fellowships for Summer of 2007

Project Title Name Mentor Dept
Late Prehistoric Stone Tool Technology and Lithic Raw Material Economy at Site 31MG328 Carolyn Conklin Paul Thacker ANT
Saint Eustache Project Rachael Mongold Harry Titus ART
Nasal Trigeminal Chemoreception to n-Aliphatic Alcohols (C5-C8) in Solution Atul Mehta Wayne Silver BIO
The Effects of Estrogen on Leptin Synthesis and Signaling Clare Hector Gloria Muday BIO
Biosonar Jamming in the Bat-Moth Arms Race Emily Cotran Bill Conner BIO
Yeast response to Nitrogen Starvation: Foraging or Dormancy? Erica Lunsford Clifford Zeyl BIO
Molecular Mechanisms of Programmed Frameshifting at the Ribosomal E-Site during Protein Synthesis Holly Gambill Jim Curran BIO
Effect of aging on airway reactivity: Role of IP3 Gyanodine andL-type Ca2+ channels Julianne Rose Susan Fahrbach BIO
Study of the Ribosomal E Site Kristin Lohr Jim Curran BIO
Advantages of Limb use Underwater in Salamanders Rebecca Creer Miriam Ashley-Ross BIO
The Mouth Feel, Taste, and Biophysical Properties of Dietary Feeds Given to Patients with Dysphagia Rebecca Stephens Wayne Silver BIO
Nasal Trigeminal Chemoreceptive Responses to C1-C4 n-Aliphatic Alcohols in Solution Robert Stowe Wayne Silver BIO
Age- and Hormone- Dependence of Dendritic Growth in Cultured Honey Bee Neurons Teresa Tang Susan Fahrbach BIO
Effects of Adaptation to an Environmental Gradient and Dispersal on Diversity and Specialization William Bruch III Clifford Zeyl BIO
The Investigation of Anthraquinone Photochemistry Amy Hempel Paul Jones CHM
Photolabile Amine Protecting Groups that Utilizes Visible Light Austerin Hester Paul Jones CHM
The Competition between Distamycin and HMG_W for DNA Binding Camilo Mateus Karen Buchmueller CHM
Design of Synthetic Nicotinic Receptor to Determine Physical Parameters of Binding Derek Bernstein Suzanne Tobey CHM
Effects of structure-altering mutations to the tRNA core on aminoacyl-tRNA synthesis by methionyl-tRNA synthetase Evelyn Eisele Rebecca Alexander CHM
Interactions Between Magnetically Susceptible Molecules Kararina Kesty Akbar Salam CHM
Tumor-targeted inhibitors of PI3 kinase Kathleen Davis Mark Welker CHM
Inhibition of Nitric Oxide Synthase Kevin Kuppler Bruce King CHM
Inhibition of Ribonucleotide Reductase by Carbohydrate-derived Hydroxamic acids Kim Beam Bruce King CHM
Organic Catalyzed Synthesis of Carbonyl-Ene Reactions Lauren Puls Suzanne Tobey CHM
Computational Study of Solvent Effects on Tautomeric Equilibria Margaret Hunt Akbar Salam CHM
Synthesis of Cancer-Chemopreventive Agents Matthew Smentek Mark Welker CHM
Mechanisms of Protein Synthesis Nick Babladelis Rebecca Alexander CHM
Multi-Agent Sharing Policies in Automated Decision Making Chris Thomas William Turkett CSC
Post-Conflict Reconciliation and Reconstruction in Africa James Beshara Sylvain Boko ECN
An Economic Analysis of the Effects of Microfinance in Ghana Matthew Hennessy Sylvain Boko ECN
Meeting the Needs of Microentrepreneurs: Costa Rica and the US Melissa Donaldson Sylvain Boko ECN
Biblical Influence on Classical Economic Theory Ryan Niland Julianne Treme ECN
Comparing and Contrasting the Metabolic Costs Associated with Land-based and Water-based treadmill Exercises Alimer Gonalez Peter Brubaker HES
Be A Smart Shopper! A Study of the Effectiveness and Improvement of an Elementary School Nutrition Education Field Trip Program Elizabeth Simmons Gary Miller HES
IDEA – Obesity and Osteoarthritis Heather Dunn Gary Miller HES
The State of North Carolina and the Reynolds Family Elizabeth Crawley Michele Gillespie HIS
The Contemporary Crisis of the University as seen from the Perspective of Traditional Liberal Arts Education Vincent A. Cimino III Robert Utley HMN
Convergence Properties of Recursive Sequences Bennett Stancil Kenneth Berenhaut MTH
Computational Algebra Techniques for Modeling Biological Data Candace Curry Ed Allen MTH
Dynamics of Difference Equations with Parameter near the Boundary Katherine Donadio Kenneth Berenhaut MTH
Re-assessing Alma Mahler Through Her Music Johanna Young Susan Borwick MUS
Photoluminescence of doped ZnO nanoparticles Andrew Wall Richard Williams PHY
Effects of Various Compounds in Converting OxyHb to MetHb Bradley Goetz Dany Kim-Shapiro PHY
Right-Side Up Mobility Assay of Full-Length Kinesin Bound to a Ni-NTA Magnetic Agarose Bead Brian Blaker Jed Macosko PHY
Improving the Precision of Kinesin Measurements in Gliding Assays Matthew Walb George Holzwarth PHY
Organic Field Effect Transitors Sara Sizemore David Carroll PHY
Numerical Computation of Stress-Energy Tensor in the Neighborhood of a Wormhole Due to Fermionic Fields Sarah Klyap Eric Carlson PHY
Calculating the Quasi-local Self-force of a Charged Particle Orbiting a Neutral Black Hole Wilson Cauley Paul Anderson PHY
Investigation of Civic Development in Adolescents Aigerim Kourmanova Christy Buchanan PSY
How humans use eye movements to recognize shadow versus material boundaries via spectral ratios Alex Ward James Schirillo PSY
Assessing the effects of nucleus accumbens acetylcholine on hunger-motivated food intake acetylcholine on hunger-motivated food intake Kaitlin Blackstone Wayne Pratt PSY
Effects of Serotonin on Behavioral Activation and Impulsivity Meagan McSwiggan Michael Furr PSY
Development and Predictors of Beliefs about Adolescents Ruth Ellingsen Christy Buchanan PSY
Interpersonal Violence and Criminal Behavior and Effects of Respondent's Race, Region, and Gender Marianne Wilson Earl Smith SOC