Research Areas of 2001 Scholars
Eric Allen: Geosciences
Project: “The mega bite of T. rex: cranial kinesis and jaw spread in
Tyrannosaurus rex.”
TTU Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sankar Chatterjee
Philip Boyle: Biological Sciences
Project: “A comparative analysis of Qiagen’s plasmid-mini kit and
Polysciences biomag Selecta Pure plasmid isolation protocols.”
TTU Faculty Mentor: Dr. Brian Reilly and Dr. Nirmala Lawrence
Steven Hamilton: Mechanical Engineering
Project: “The effect of the medical buttress on the stability of the
reverse obliquity hip fracture.”
TTU Faculty Mentor: Dr. Javad Hashemi and Mr. Kevin Kerr
Michael Henne: Physiology
Project: “A subcellular analysis of cell death behavior in Sprague-Dawley
rat brain tissue.”
TTU Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jean Strahlendorf
Ben Kahn: Biological Sciences
Project: “Preliminary characterization of iodide transport in the
South African clawed frog Xenopus laevis.”
TTU Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jim Carr, Dr. Tom Pressley, and Ms. Debbie
Carr
Michael Lawrence: Mathematics and Statistics
Project: “Circle packing and conformal mapping.”
TTU Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carl Seaquist and Dr. Brock Williams
Catherine Lee: Psychology
Project: “Communications analysis of a peer collaboration project in
adolescents.”
TTU Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gary Fireman
Barry Lichman: Mathematics and Statistics
Project: “The structure of Riemann sum sets.”
TTU Faculty Mentor: Dr. Wayne Lewis
Allan Mak: Education
Project: “The three pound universe: a study of brain-based teaching
and learning.”
TTU Faculty Mentor: Dr. Peggy Johnson
Nikhil Rao: Cell Biology
Project: “Augmentation of monoclonal antibody yields in hybridoma
cell cultures.”
TTU Faculty Mentor: Dr. John Morrow
Vasanthi Reddy: Biological Sciences
Project: “Morphological integration in Poecilia reticulata.”
TTU Faculty Mentor: Dr. Richard Strauss
Jill Richards: English
Project: “Compiling and editing 20th century short stories.”
TTU Faculty Mentor: Dr. Wendell Aycock
Aravindhan Sriharan: Physics
Project: “On the energy resolution in Wienberg-Sterman jets.”
TTU Faculty Mentor: Dr. Richard Wigmans
Julia Thrower: Mathematics and Statistics
Project: “Fractal geometry and the complex plane.”
TTU Faculty Mentor: Dr. Roger Barnard and Dr. Kent Pearce
Robin Woolley: Microbiology
Project: “Regulation of a Vibrio cholerae efflux pump in Escherichia
coli.”
TTU Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joe Fralick
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