2005 Participants

Anthropology

• Heather Comforto '06
  "Creating Social Economies with a Market Economy"
• Lisi Krainer '06
  "How the Subculture of Emergency Medical Technicians Influences Emergency Pre-Hospital Care"

Art

• Sarah Felder '07
  "Documenting a Disappearing Culture: The Small Farming Community in Oneida County"

Biology

• Julia Brandt '07
  "Strategies used by Pharmaceutical Companies to Market their Products to Physicians and Patients"
• Ryan Carey '05
  "The Influence of Nano-Scale Magnetite on Iron Reduction Rates by Iron Respiring Bacteria"
• Bryden Considine '08
  "Identification and Localization of Tyramine Hydroxylase in Apis Mellifera: Insight into Behavioral Plasticity"
• Tim Currier '09
  "Immunoprotein Response to foreign Invasion in Manduca Sexta"
• Allison Demas '07
  "Isolation of the Yeast Aat1 Gene"
• Max Falkoff '08
  "Interactions between Symbiotic Soil Microbes and Lupine Plants"
• Sharfi Farhana '09
  "Immunoprotein Response to Foreign Invasion in Manduca Sexta"
• Amber Gillis '06
  "Role of Temperature in Smooth Muscle Contraction in the Painted Turtle"
• Kathryn Hansen '07
  "Role of Extra-Cellular Calcium in Smooth Muscle Contraction"
• Mark Hodges '07
  "The Significance of Nitric Oxide Reacting with Neurotronsmitters"
• April Kavanaugh '07
  "Biological Action of Nitrosylated Octopamine Unalog"
• Heather Michael '07
  "Butterfly Habitat Restoration at the Rome Sand Plains"
• Megan Malone '06
  "Butterfly Oviposition and Habitat Management"
• Justin Monroe '07
  "Effects on the Regulation of Octopamine in Bees"
• Jaclyne Mooney '08
  "Transcriptional Control of Permease Gene Expression by the Ras/Camp Pathway"
• Reagan Sayles '07
  "Effects of Octopamine on Learning and Memory"
• Kateri Whitebean '08
  "Identification and Localization of Tyramine Hydroxylase in Apis Mellifera: Insight into Behavioral Plasticity"

Chemistry

• Marco Allodi '08
  "Computational Study of the OH Radical Addition to Isoprene"
• Kristin Alongi '08
  "Extensive Exploration of the HO₂-(H₂O)_n (n=1-2) Potential Energy Surface"
• Nicola Banishki '07
  "Molecular Geometry and Conformation of Propylene Oxide in 5₁₂6₄ Clathrate Hydrate Cage: Experimental and Computational Study"
• Amy Barrows '08
  "Generalized Born Molecular Dynamics and Mmpbsa Analysis of the a-Estrogen Receptor Bound to Raloxifene, Tamoxifen and Estradiol"
• Louisa Brown '09
  "Synthesis and Fluorescence of 3/4-Diketone-Chelated Eu³⁺ and Tb³⁺"
• Meghan Dunn '06
  "Modeling Anharmonic Frequencies of Small Water Clusters to Predict Absorption and Assist Spectroscopic Detection in the Atmosphere"
• Elizabeth Faroh '08"
  "Synthesis of Tb3+ Ions in Binary Zirconia and Titania Silica Glasses"
• Michael Flanders '09"
  "Investigating the Chemistry of Natural Products"
• Matroner George '07
  "Determination of Relative and Absolute Pk_a Values for Histidines in Small Peptides"
• Tumelano Gopolang '08
  "Substituent Effects on Enediyne Hydrogen Abstarction from Methanol and Methane"
• Dan Griffith '07
  "Synthesis of (4-Hydroxyphenyl)Acetaldehyde and of Inhibitors of Tyramine Beta-Hydroxylase"
• David Hamilton '09
  "A Cbs-Qb3 Study of the Effects of Water Clusters on Carbon Disulfide"
• Greg Hartt '08
  "Geometries, Energies, and Frequencies of Hydrated Carbon Disulfide Complexes"
• Karilyn Larkin '06
  "Analysis of the Affinity of Raloxifene and its Derivatives to the a-Estrogen Receptor Ligand Binding Domain"
• Kat Lexa '05
  "Conformational Analysis of Peptides: a Comparison of Methods"
• Jovan Livada '08
"Methyltrichlorosilane Pyrolysis: a Study of the Bimolecular Decomposition of Methyltrichlorsilane and the of Silicon Carbide"
• Ngoda Manongi '08
  "A Computational Study of the Formation of N₂ (H₂O)_N Clusters in the Atmosphere"
  
• Yuqi Mao '09"
  Radical Addition Reactions of Alpha-Nitro Phenyl Ketones"
• Kevin Mccarthy '07
  "Investigation of the Densities of Clathrate Hydrate forming Solutions"
• James Mcconnell '07
  "Heme Induced Dehalogenation of Halo-Phenols"
• Silas Mckee '07
  "Radical Addition Reactions of Alpha-Nitro, Alpha Bromo Esters"
• Thao Nguyen '08
  "Synthesis of Precursors for Studying the Cyclopropylcarbinyl Radical Ring Opening Reaction"
• Greg Nizialek '08
  "High Level Theory Calculations to Determine Deprotonation Energies for Simple Molecules"
• Leane Pasquini '07
  "Synthesis and Optical Properties of Rare Earth Calixarene Complexes"
• Jared Pienkos '09"
  "Conformer Search for HO₂-(H₂O)_n Complexes n=3"
• Frank Pickard '05
  "Methodology Development for the Study of Bergman Cyclization in Enediyne Anticancer Antibiotics"
• Pragyan Pradhan '08"
  "Exotic Atmospheres: CO₂ Clusters in Planetary Atmospheres"
• Jodi Raymond '08
  "Silica Synthesis of Flat Macrocyclic Ligands"
• Kimberly Roe '08
  "Calixarenes as Hosts for Rare Earth Ions"
• Amanda Salisburg '08"
  "Using Low Energy Conformers to Create Families for Designing a Pharmacore"
• Evan Savage '08
  "Methyltrichlorosilane Pyrolysis: a Study of the Bimolecular Decomposition of Methyltrichlorsilane and the formation of Silicon Carbide"
• Keigo Shimura '07
  "Viscosities of Binary Liquid Mixtures of Water + (Tetrahydrofuran, Sulfolane, Acetone, Ethylene Glycol, Propylene Oxide, Trimethyl Oxide), Under Clathrate Hydrate forming Conditions"
• Dan Tomb '08
  "A Computational Study of the Hydrated Sulfur Complex H₂S(H₂O)_n for n=1-4 Waters with the Gaussian-3 and Complete Basis Set-Qb3 Model Chemistries"

Chinese

• Sarah-Marie Gross '06
  "Beijing's Transportation Planning for the 2008 Olympic Games and its Environmental Impact on Local Beijing Residents"

Communication

• Young Han '06
  "Single Transferable Vote Initiatives and the Rhetoric of Election Reform"

Computer Science

• Erik Goulding, '06
  "Applying Bluetooth Technology to Mobile Devices"
• Michael Gruen '06
  "Data Synchronization Between Workstations Via Bluetooth-Enabled Cell Phones"
• Daniel Klag '06
  "Influence of Parameter Settings using Evolutionary Computation"
• Aram Kudurshian '06
  "Applying Bluetooth Technology to Mobile Devices"

Economics

• Tamim Akiki '08
  "Do Home Country Experiences Influence Economic Outcomes of Immigrants in the United States?"
• Elizabeth Debraggio '07
  "September 11 and the Effect on Immigrant Composition and Wages"
• Ernesto Medina Gomez '06
  "Have Ngos and Anti-Globalization Activists Helped the Poor?
  A Study of the Impact on the Poor of World Bank Projects and Transnational Protest"
• Qi Ge '06
  "Determinants of Firm Performance: Evidence From Panel Data for Bulgaria, Russia and the Baltic Republics"

English Literature

• Brian Sweeney '06
  "Peter Pan and the Making of a Modern Myth"
• Laura Oman '07
  "Chineseness in Ezra Pound's 'Cathay' and the Construction of Race in Early Twentieth Century Discourse"
• Ntokozo Xaba '08
  "Protests Or Praise-Songs Ten Years After: a Critical Examination of Post-Apartheid Literature"

Geoarchaeology

• Mary Ann Vicari '06
  "Geoarchaeology of Smith Creek Cave I: the Late Pleistocene Sequence"
• Lisa Schaaf '06
  "The Geoarchaeology of Smith Creek Cave, Nevada. II: the Mount Moriah Sequence"

Geosciences

• Mary Beth Day '07
  "Chemical Characterization of Lithic Artifact Source Material"
• William Hoffman '07
  "Chemical Characterization of Chert Source Material in the Central Great Basin"
• Heather Schrum '05

Government

• John Adams '06
  "Consolidating Local Government: a Viable Cost-Cutting Measure for Onondaga County?"
• Alexandra Field '06
  "Franco-German Relations After the Iraq War"
• Adam Gordon '06
  "Alexander Hamilton: a Commitment to Education"
• Jason Hecht '06
  "Unstable Ground: the Implications and Potential Consequences of Germany's Defection From the Stability and Growth Pact"
• Peter Mucha'06
  "Putin's Past and Russia's Future: Putin's Career in the Kgb and Russian Politics"
• Brandan O'brien '07
  "Ethnicity and Democracy in Ukraine"
• Yejun Qian '08
  "Behind the Piosonous Electronic Waste Trade: An Analysis of Policy Incentives of U.S. E-Waste Export to China"
• Caitlin Rochford '06
  "Foreign Energy Use and its Connections to Potential Changes in Domestic Energy Policies"
• David Turchin '06
  "Agricultural Subsidies: U.S. Cotton Subsidies and the Plight of Western Africa"

History

• Mike Mortimer '07
  "Hamilton and Washington: The Genesis of An Epic Friendship"

Mathematics

• Mark Kasdorf '06
  "A Look at Commutation Rings, and Tensor Products"
• Eric Reile '08
  "The Energy Dynamics of Tyrannosaurus Rex"

Philosophy

• Ingrid Tharasook '07
  "The Haunted Islands: How Post-Tsunami Ghost Stories Have Halted asia's Tourism"

Physics

• Daniel Campbell '08
  "Sol-Gel Matrixes Containing Rare Earth Impurity Ions"
• Greg Fullman '09
  "Design of a Compact Shielded Solenoid"
• Yubo Lu '07
  "Laser Spectroscopy of Rare Earth Phosphors in Sol-Gel Glass"
• Julia Macdougall '09
  "Design of a Compact Shielded Solenoid"
• Joshua Newman '06
  "Magnetic Field Mapping and Small Solenoid Design"
• Tessa Olson '08
  "Impact Craters of Small-Scale Projectiles in Granular Media"
• Kosta Popovic '06
  "Finalizing Magnet Design for the Acorn Experiment"
• John Steinberg '06
  "3He Cells for a Compact Neutron Beam Polarizers"
• Alexander Twerdahl '06
  "Design of a Compact Shielded Solenoid"

Psychology&Nbsp;

• Elaine Coggins '07
  "Suppression of Negative Thoughts"
• Erica Colligan '06
  "Inhibitory Influence on the Superior Colliculus During Restraint Response"
• Gabriela Ghimis '08
  "Thought Suppression"
• Christina Nemeth '06
  "Reward Related Activity in the Rat Super Colliculus"
• Avery Rizio '09
  "Studying the Neural Correlates of Attention in Rats"
• Dongyue Zhang '07
  "Levels of ADHD Symptomatology Among Chinese College Students"

Sociology

• Lindsay Martin '07
  "Higher Education's Different Approaches to Free Speech on Campus, and What this Reveals About the Institution's Ultimate Goals"
• Diana Mastrocola '06
  "The Provision of Social Services for Girls in Utica's Non-Profit Sector, Using Girls, Inc. as a Case Study"

Theatre

• Sarah Bert '06
  "Racial Hatred and the Need to Reach An Understanding of All Peoples"

Women's Studies

• Haley Reimbold '06
  "Equal Opportunity for All: A Comparative Study of Education in Germany, Sweden, and the United States"

Featured Projects

Sarah Felder '07 worked on a summer-long photography project titled, "Documenting a Disappearing Culture: The Small Farming Community in Oneida County."


Yejun Qian '08 returned to his native China to conduct research for his project on e-waste and globalization.


Advised by Associate Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer, Jodi Raymond '08, Kim Roe '08, Elizabeth Faroh '08 (pictured) and LeAnne Pasquini ’07 are continuing an investigation of the optical properties, the synthesis and spectroscopy of rare earth based solid materials.



Erik Goulding '06, Mike Gruen '06 and Aram Kudurshian '06 are working to create a system in which people can work in the same computer files in different places and use a programmed Bluetooth cell phone to automatically synchronize the data.


William Hoffman '07 spent two weeks in the Great Basin of Central Nevada collecting chert samples before returning to campus to prepare them for geochemical analysis.