SRS 2009 WINNERS

(Faculty members are shown in purple)

 

BIOLOGY

UNDERGRADUATE

Site Directed Mutagenesis of Hepatitis C Virus Protein NS5A

Akshaya Maller

Advisor: Giridhar Akkaraju

 

BIOLOGY

GRADUATE

The Genetics of DEET Resistance in Caenorhabditis elegans

Anh Nguyen, Phil Hartman

Other Advisors: Giridhar Akkaraju, Dean Williams

 

CHEMISTRY

UNDERGRADUATE

BODIPY Dyes as Novel Fluorescent Probes for Soluble Amyloid Oligomers

Annabel Alonso, Nicholas Smith, Christopher Brown, Sergei Dzyuba

 

CHEMISTRY

GRADUATE

Synthetic Approaches to the Skeleton of the Crinine-Type Alkaloids from Isoquinoline and the Total Synthesis of Crinine

Zhiguo Bian

Advisor: David Minter

 

COMPUTER SCIENCE

UNDERGRADUATE

Sun Spot Universal Monitoring System

Brian Freeman, Lei Jin, Anh Pham, Jamie Phelps, Edward Tran

Advisor: Donnell Payne

 

ENGINEERING

UNDERGRADUATE

Digital Processing of an Interferometric Velocimeter for Ballistic Shock Measurement

Pankaj Kumar, Akhil Thomas, Stephen Weis, Tristan Tayag

 

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

UNDERGRADUATE

Assessment of Mercury Biomagnification in Caddo Lake, Texas/Louisiana

Steven Osborn, Matthew Chumchal, Thomas Rainwater, George Cobb, Philip Smith, Frank Bailey

 


 

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

GRADUATE

Social Perceptions of Wind Energy in Texas

Jeffrey Swofford

Advisor: Mike Slattery, Becky Richards, Tamie Morgan

 

GEOLOGY

UNDERGRADUATE

Newly Discovered Vent Complex in Big Bend National Park: Implications for Initial Stages of Basaltic Volcanism in West Texas

Clayton Winkler, Richard Hanson, Daniel Miggins

 

GEOLOGY

GRADUATE

Depositional Systems in the Atoka and Morrow Series (Pennsylvanian), Haley Field Area, Loving County, Texas

William Hasler, John Breyer

Other Advisors: Richard Hanson, Helge Alsleben

 

MATHEMATICS

UNDERGRADUATE

On a Theorem of Intersecting Conic Sections

Darren Ong

Advisor: Scott Nollet

 

NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES

UNDERGRADUATE

Comparison of Sensory Characteristics of Jams (Strawberry, Peach, and Pear) From Mexico to Similar Jams From the U.S. by Undergraduate Students

Allison Gorman, Kristen Aegerter

Advisors: Mary Anne Gorman, Anne VanBeber, Gina Hill, Tracy Dietz

 

PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

UNDERGRADUATE

Galaxies in Voids: A Study of Extremely Isolated Systems Found in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Scott Warrick, Pamela Marcum, Michael Fanelli

 

PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

GRADUATE

Characterization of SiC Nanowires Obtained from Carbon Blacks

Monika Wieligor, Skye Hartman, Ryan Rich

Advisor: Waldek Zerda

 

 


 

PSYCHOLOGY

UNDERGRADUATE

Comparative Study of Emotions: Memory for Traumatic Loss

Thomas Ramos, Shannon Cossio, Leonardo Ortega, Jacob Norris, Mauricio Papini

 

PSYCHOLOGY

GRADUATE

The Effects of the In-Group Brand Seeking a Dissociative Group on Brand Equity and Purchase Intentions

Anuradha Kumar

Advisor: Charles Lord