The Winners of 2005

Undergraduate

PlaceNameTitleAdvisor
1st Scott Dunkle and
Ji Wu (Ph.D. student)
"Synthesis of Porous Silicon Nanowire Fabrics for Possible Tissue Engineering Applications" Jeffrey Coffer
(Chemistry)
2nd Kaveh Nezafati "Warding off the Grim Reaper: Hepatitis C Virus and Cancer" Giri Akkaraju
(Biology)
3rd Kelly Nguyen "Development and Testing of Inclinometers for Measurement-while-drilling Systems" Stephen Weis
(Engineering)

Graduate

PlaceNameTitleAdvisor
1st William McClain and
Matthew Chumchal (OU student)
"Mercury Concentrations in Seven Species of Fish from Lake Meredith, Texas" Ray Drenner and
Leo Newland (Biology)
2nd Jacqueline Dunn "Star Formation in Dwarf Irregular Galaxies: Does Environment Matter?" Pamela Marcum
(Physics and Astronomy)
and Michael Fanelli (UNT)
3rd Romina Gazis "Differentiating Fungal Species within the Family Xylariaceae (Ascomycotina: Fungi) from the Peruvian Amazon by Scanning Electron Microscopy" Ernest Couch
(Environmental Science)