Scholarships and Awards - Student Achievements
2009
- Addie Boone - Medical Anthropology and Biochemistry
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"The Clinical Significance of Mathematical Models in the Treatment and Management of Gliomas: A Case Study in Translating Applied Mathematics Research into Clinically Relevant Solutions "
International Conference on Mathematical Biology- Vancouver, BC
July 27-30, 2009
- Stanley Gu - Bioengineering
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"Spatiotemporal Pharmacokinetic/ Pharmacodynamic Radioactive Tracer and Brain Tumor Modeling: A Method for Generating Patient-specific Simulated PET Images "
International Conference on Mathematical Biology- Vancouver, BC
July 27-30, 2009
- Rita Sodt - Computer Science
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"Simulation of Anisotropic Growth of Gliomas using Diffusion Tensor Imaging "
International Conference on Mathematical Biology- Vancouver, BC
July 27-30, 2009
- Mindy Szeto - Biochemistry and Sociology
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"Anatomic Variation in Quantitative Measures of Glioma Aggressiveness "
International Conference on Mathematical Biology- Vancouver, BC
July 27-30, 2009
- Michael McCrea - DXARTS
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"Tertulia"
EUROKAZ International Festival - Zagreb, Croatia
June 22-29, 2009
- William Damon - English and Law, Societies, & Justice
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"A New Metaphor: Wiki-Thinking, Diagrams, and Pedagogy"
Computers and Writing 2009: Ubiquitous and Sustainable Computing - Davis, CA
June 18 - 21, 2009
- Chelsea Stern - Neurobiology & Microbiology
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"Flow Cytometry as a Novel Method to Isolate Helicobacter pylori Cell Shape "
American Society for Microbiology Meeting - Philadelphia, PA
May 17-21, 2009
- Clint Tseng - Computer Engineering
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"MultiMath: Numeric keypads for math learning on shared personal computers "
IIEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development - Doha, Qatar
April 17-19, 2009
- Heather Underwood - Computer Science
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"MultiMath: Numeric keypads for math learning on shared personal computers "
IIEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development - Doha, Qatar
April 17-19, 2009
- Sergei Ivanov - Microbiology
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"Viral Evolution in an HIV-1 Breakthrough Vaccinee With Sustained and Undetectable Viral Load"
23rd National Conference on Undergraduate Research - La Crosse, WI
April 16-18, 2009
- Laura Farwell - Environmental Science and Resource Mgmt (Forest Resources)
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"Lewis' Woodpecker and European Starling Interactions and Nest Success at Fort Simcoe State Park, Washington: Citizen Science in Action"
2009 Cooper Ornithological Society (COS) Meeting - Tucson, AZ
April 16-18, 2009
- Luis Acevedo - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"Development of a High Throughput Method for Screening Merck Ad5 Vaccine Vector and HIV-1 Insert Genes in Vaccinated Individuals"
23rd National Conference on Undergraduate Research - La Crosse, WI
April 16-18, 2009
- David Linders - Bioengineering
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"Designing an Optical Bendloss Sensor for Clinical Force Measurement"
Design of Medical Devices Conference - University of Minnesota
April 14-16, 2009
- Isaac Statnekov - Aeronautic and Astronautic Engineering
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"Investigation of Scaling the Ram Accelerator to 155-mm-bore"
2009 Region VI Student AIAA Conference - Long Beach, CA
March 19, 2009
- Monique Courcy - Dance
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"Watermark Parts 2 and 1"
American College Dance Festival - Orem, UT
March 18-21, 2009
- David Schleiffers - Dance
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"Watermark Parts 2 and 1"
American College Dance Festival - Orem, UT
March 18-21, 2009
- Nishali Nanayakkara - Comparative History of Ideas
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"Sustained Systems, Sustainable Research: A Look at Undergraduate, Project-Based Approaches in the Digital Humanities"
Computers and Writing 2009: Ubiquitous and Sustainable Computing - Davis, CA
June 18-21, 2009
- Kyle Albert - Political Economy and Sociology
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore, MD
March 19-22, 2009
- Jessica Kang - Psychology & English
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"Variations in Perceptions of Model Minority Stereotypes: White American stereotype strongly identified Asian Americans more than weakly identified Asian Americans"
Society of Personality and Social Psychology Conference - Tampa, FL
February 5-7, 2009
- Rosalie McGurk - Astronomy & Physics
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"Principal Component Analysis of SDSS Stellar Spectra"
213th American Astronomical Society Meeting - Long Beach, CA
January 4-8, 2009
- Nicholas Ule - Astronomy & Physics
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"Flare Rates on M Dwarfs: Observing Program"
213th American Astronomical Society Meeting - Long Beach, CA
January 4-8, 2009
- Tiffany A. Stephens - Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"Feeding preference of Strongylocentrotus franciscanus for aged versus fresh kelp"
2009 Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
- Boston, MA
January 4-8, 2009
2008
- Cameron Rule - Russian Language and Literature
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages Conferences - San Francisco, CA
December 27-30, 2008
- Susan McKay - Psychology
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"A Treatment Development Project: Motivational Interviewing Including Three Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills for Young Adults Drinking for Emotion Regulation Reasons"
42nd Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Convention - Orlando, FL
November 13-16, 2008
- Ariana Taylor-Stanley - Environmental Studies
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture 2008 Leadership Meeting - Excelsior Springs, MO
November 13-15, 2008
- Adam Mina - Biology
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"Identification of the DNA Motif that Binds SPARC Using Chromatin Immunoprecipitation"
Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students - Orlando, FL
November 5-8, 2008
- Alec Nielsen - Bioengineering & Electrical Engineering
Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award
"Ribosome Binding Site and Translation Rate Standardization"
The Fourth International Conference on Synthetic Biology - Hong Kong
October 10-12, 2008
- Jeff Bowman - Biological Oceanography and Biology
Undergraduate Research Travel Award - Levinson
"Development of a proxy for salinity from lipid biomarkers in halotolerant microorganisms"
American Society of Liminology and Oceanography Summer Meeting - St. Johns, Newfoundland
June 8-13, 2008
- Lauren Palmer - Biology (Cell, Molecular, Developmental)
Undergraduate Research Travel Award - Levinson
American Society for Microbiology General Meeting - Boston, MA
June 1-5, 2008
- Jonathan Keller - Biochemistry
Undergraduate Research Travel Award - Levinson
"BRCA1 Mediated Ubiquitination"
Annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference - San Diego, CA
April 12, 2008
- Anthony Jay Simon - Electrical Engineering
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
National Industrial Assessment Center Lead Student Conference - Washington D.C.
February 7-8, 2008
- Tracy-Ying Zhang - Physics & Mathematics
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Structure of multiplexers on rank one matrices"
Joint Mathematics Meetings - San Diego, CA
January 6-9, 2008
2007
- Jennifer A. Porter - Physics
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Localized Reconnection of Plasma Structures at the Magnetopause"
Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union - San Francisco, CA
December 11-15, 2007
- Andree Susanto - Aeronautics and Astronautics
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Bootstrapping Dip Test for PIV Outlier Identification and Correction"
American Physical Society - Division of Fluid Dynamics 60th Annual Meeting - Salt Lake City, Utah
November 18-20, 2007
- Christine Anne Scarlis - International Studies
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Methamphetamine Induces Locomotor Changes and Strial Synaptic Plasticity that are Dependant on D1 Dopamine-Receptors"
Child Neurology Society 36th Annual Meeting - Quebec City, Canada
October 10-13, 2007
- Mark Sena - Bioengineering, 2007 Amgen Scholar
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"A Quantum Dot-Based Microfluidic Immunoassay"
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2007 Annual Fall Meeting - Los Angeles, CA
September 26-29, 2007
- Nichole Olson - Psychology, Comparative Religion
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Everything in Moderation: Harmonious and Obsessive Passion for Alcohol and Associated Consequences"
Research Society on Alcoholism Scientific Meeting - Chicago, IL
July 7-11, 2007
- Hannah Marx - Plant Biology
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Phylogeny and Evolution of the Vebenaceae: Evidence from DNA Sequences"
Botany and Plant Biology Joint Conference 2007 - Chicago, IL
July 7-11, 2007
- Tonya Lockyer - Dance
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Consumed"
The American Dance Festival, Durham, NC
June 6-26, 2007
- John Lee - Biochemistry, Biology
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"The Effect of Anxiety Disorder Comorbidity on Treatment Resistant Bipolar Disorders"
7th International Conference on Bipolar Disorder - Pittsburgh, PA
June 6-9, 2007
- Monty Reed - General Studies: Biosynthetics
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Biosynthetic Muscles; Biosynthetic Semicircular Canals: Balance and Rehabilitation; Robotic Rehabilitation and Access Suit Exoskeleton"
21st National Conference on Undergraduate Research - San Rafael, CA
April 12-14, 2007
- Firat Kiyak - Computer Science & Engineering
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"SpectrUW: Computing spectra of linear operators in one and more dimensions"
The Fifth IMACS International Conference on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Wave Phenomena: Computation and Theory - Athens, GA
April 16-19, 2007
- Kyle Albert - Political Science, Sociology
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"The Congress - Media Relationship: Which Party is More Responsive (or More Effective)?"
Midwest Political Science Association - Chicago, IL
April 12-15, 2007
- Chung Jong Yu - Neurobiology, Biochemistry
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Dissolved Organic Polymer Size: Large Polymers dominate the micro-gel Assembly process"
21st National Conference on Undergraduate Research - San Rafael, CA
April 12-14, 2007
- Vanessa Palmer - Chemistry
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Multicolor flow cytometry to monitor DNA repair in D. radiodurans"
21st National Conference on Undergraduate Research - San Rafael, CA
April 12-14, 2007
- Melissa Andrada - Comparative History of Ideas
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"An Analysis of the Effects of Media on the Memory of the Holocaust"
21st National Conference on Undergraduate Research - San Rafael, CA
April 12-14, 2007
- Dorota Ulatowska - Business Admin (Finance)
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Financing Microfortunes in Latin America"
21st National Conference on Undergraduate Research - San Rafael, CA
April 12-14, 2007
- Bradford Baker - Comparative History of Ideas
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Humanitarianism as Neo-Colonialism"
21st National Conference on Undergraduate Research - San Rafael, CA
April 12-14, 2007
- Kristine Mroczek - Communication
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Discourse of Luxury: The Creation and Promotion of Elite Classes Through Symbolic Capital in the Luxury Hotel Industry"
21st National Conference on Undergraduate Research - San Rafael, CA
April 12-14, 2007
- Christina Chan - Economics
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"School Consolidation in Rural Sichuan: Quality vs. Equality"
China-India Development Relations Symposium - New York, NY
March 30-April 2, 2007
- Mari Yamamoto & Kristina Hardy - Psychology
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"I need a little help here": Eleven- and twelve-month-old infants' use of social strategies during problem-solving tasks"
Society for Research in Child Development - Boston, MA
March 29-April 1, 2007
- Jeff Eaton - Mathematics, Sociology, Statistics
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Modeling the Impact of Male Circumcision HIV Intervention Strategies"
Population Association of America 2007 Annual Meeting - New York, NY
March 29-31, 2007
- Gina Donlin - Electrical Engineering
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Experimental Evaluation of Attachment Methods for a Multifinger Haptic Device"
World Haptics Conference - Tsukuba, Japan
March 22-24, 2007
- Alex Kim - Anthropology
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Evaluating coming-out across language boundaries"
Lavendar Languages and Linguistics Conference - Washington DC
February 9-11, 2007
- Gina Hicks - Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
DOE Industrial Assessment Centers Student Meeting - Oak Ridge, TN
January 31 - February 2, 2007
- Andrea Cowles - Dance
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
American College Dance Festival - San Francisco, CA
January 17-21, 2007
- Erica Claassen - Dance
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
American College Dance Festival - San Francisco, CA
January 17-21, 2007
- Kathryn Jeanne Hightower - Dance
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
American College Dance Festival - San Francisco, CA
January 17-21, 2007
2006
- John Lee - Biochemistry & Biology
Sigma Xi Travel Grant, Superior Oral Presenter Award
Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Research Conference 2006
- Alex Teel - Earth & Space Sciences, Physics
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting - San Francisco, CA
December 11-15, 2006
- Ingrid Haftel - English, Comparative History of Ideas
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Open Spaces? Tracing the Margins in Seattle's Pioneer Square Parks"
Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research - Los Angeles, CA
November 18, 2006
- Jared Shannon - Bioengineering
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Dynamic Interactions of Live Group B Streptococci with Soluble and Absorbed Fibronectin"
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting - San Francisco, CA
November 12-17, 2006
- Brandon Hawkins - Political Science, European Studies, German
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
Center for the Study of the Presidency - Washington, DC
November 9-11, 2006
- Alice Gosti - Dance, Shannon Narasimnan - Biology, Dance & Rachel Randall - Dance, Anthropology
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Tre Marie"
ACM Multimedia 2006 - Santa Barbara, CA
October 23-27, 2006
- John Lee - Biochemistry & Biology
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"The Effect of Anxiety Disorder Comorbidity on Treatment Resistant Bipolar Disorder"
12th International Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists Scientific Meeting - Taipei, Taiwan
October '06
- Samantha Brower - Environmental Studies
Undergraduate Research Travel Award
"Incorporating Sustainable Development into North American Public School Curriculum"
2nd European Fair on Education for Sustainable Development - Hamburg, Germany
Sept 13-15 2006
- Steven Asplund - Bioengineering
Research Fellowship for Advanced Undergraduates
"Development and Optimization of On-Card Microfluidic Valves and Pumps"
Mentor: Paul Yager - Bioengineering
- Daniel Blizzard - Bioengineering
Research Fellowship for Advanced Undergraduates
"Tapping the Brain with Ultrasound for the Non-Invasive Determination of Intracranial Pressure"
Mentor: Pierre D. Mourad - Neurosurgery and the Applied Physics Lab
- Sam Burden - Electrical Engineering
Research Fellowship for Advanced Undergraduates
"Hierarchical Scaling for Self-Organizing Systems"
Mentor: Eric Klavins - Electrical Engineering
- Jeff Eaton - Mathematics, Statistics, Sociology
Research Fellowship for Advanced Undergraduates
"Bayesian Melding to Improve Parameter Estimation in Stochastic HIV Epidemic Modeling"
Mentor: Samuel Clark - Sociology
- Christopher Goiney - Neurobiology
Research Fellowship for Advanced Undergraduates
Mentor: Andrew E. Christie - Biology
- Mei Liu - Electrical Engineering
Research Fellowship for Advanced Undergraduates
"High-Resolution Sorting of Cells with Different Shapes Using Opto-Plamonic Tweezers"
Mentor: Lih Y. Lin - Electrical Engineering
- Jessica Smith - Chemistry, Biochemistry
Research Fellowship for Advanced Undergraduates
"Folding Specificity of Homologous Nucleotide-Binding Domains"
Mentors: Beth Traxler - Microbiology
- Zuotian Tatum - Bioengineering
Research Fellowship for Advanced Undergraduates
Mentor: Lawrence A. Crum - Bioengineering
- Pavan Vaswani - Biochemistry, Computer Science
Research Fellowship for Advanced Undergraduates
"Non-Invasive Determination of Intracranial Pressure by Means of Vibroacousography"
Mentor: Pierre D. Mourad - Neurosurgery and the Applied Physics Lab
