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Leah Adams
Major: Animal Science -Equine
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kris Hiney
Research Supervisor: Dr. Charles Love, Texas A & M University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Research Topic: A Comparison of Two Different Viability Tests in Stallion Spermatozoa
Graduation Date: December 2008 |
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Denise Burce
Major: Communications And Agricultural Education
Faculty Mentor and Research Supervisor:
Dr. Timothy J. Buttles
Research Topic: A Content Analysis of messages in Agricultural Education Magazine related to improving the professions image in order to recruit students into the profession
Graduation Date: May 2010 |
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Ted Cannady
Major: Agricultural Business and Economics
Faculty Mentor and Research Supervisor:
Dr. Dave Trechter
Research Topic: Analyzing Customer Satisfaction and Spending Habits in Food Cooperatives
Graduation Date: May 2010 |
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Ed Figi
Major: Political Science and International Studies
Faculty Mentor and Research Supervisor:
Dr. Neil Kraus
Research Topic: NoChild Left Behind (NCLB) Has Negatively Affected Teacher Quality
Graduation Date: May 2009 |
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Lisa Hermanson
Major: Sociology
Faculty Mentor and Research Supervisor:
Dr. Tricia Davis
Research Topic: The Structure of Power: Think Tanks and Foreign Policy
Graduation Date: December 2008 |
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Derek Husmoen
Major: Agricultural Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robert Butler
Research Supervisor: Dr. Charles Clanton, Univ. of Minnesota, Department of Soils Science
Research Topic: Emission Rates from Soil Manure Mixtures in a Controlled Ennvironment
Graduation Date: December 2008
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Sanaa Jaman
Major: Chemistry and Mathematics
Faculty Mentor and Research Supervisor:
Dr. K.W. McLaughlin
Research Topic: Analysis of the Relationship between the Hosoya Index and Alkane Boiling Points
Graduation Date: May 2010 |

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Joshua Lambert
Major: Sociology
Faculty Mentor and Research Supervisor:
Dr. Tricia Davis
Research Topic: Transition Experiences into Graduate School: A Qualitative Analysis of McNair Scholars Program Alumni
Graduation Date: May 2009 |

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Vang Lo
Major: Marketing Communications
Faculty Mentor and Research Supervisor:
Dr. Phil George
Research Topic: Factors in Early Academic Difficulties: Retention Rates for "At Risk" Students
Graduation Date: December 2008 |

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Sarah Mattmiller
Majors: Animal Science (Chemistry Minor)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sylvia Kehoe
Research Supervisor: Dr. John Parker, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Baker Institute of Animal Health (Summer 2008)
Research Topic: Differences in Feline Calicivirus Tissue Tropism and Virulence Determined by Changes in Virus Interactions with Cell Surface Glycans
Graduation Date: May 2009 |
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Victor Piazza
Major: Biotechnology
Faculty Mentor and Research Supervisor:
Dr. Timothy Lyden
Research Topic: The Application of Developmental Extracellular Matrix Materials and Embryonic Stem Cells to the Production of Artificial Tissues
Graduation Date: December 2008 |
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Crystal Rakestraw
Major: Food Science/ Food Microbiology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bonnie Walters
Research Supervisor: Dr. Elliot T. Ryser, Michigan State University, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition Research
Research Topic: Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7 Transfer to a Centrifugal Dryer during Dewatering of Lettuce
Graduation Date: December 2009 |
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Natasha Sedgwick
Major: Psychology
Faculty Mentor and Research Supervisor:
Dr. Daniel Linwick
Research Topic: Effects of Environmental Enrichment on Self-Control and Spatial Learning in the Rat
Graduation Date: May 2009 |
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Devin Underwood
Majors: Physics and Mathematics
Mentor: Dr. Earl Blodgett
Research Fellowship--2007 MIT Summer REU: Dr. Henry Smith, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science RLE Nanostructures Laboratory
ResearchTopic: Plasmonic Nano-Lithography using Absorbance Modulation
Graduation Date: May 2009 |
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Megan Wisbar
Major: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Mentor and Research Supervisor: Dr. Annette Klemp
Research Topic: Success of Short-Term Preparation for the TOEFL by Japanese College Students
Graduation Date: May 2009 |
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Chawntou Yang
Major: Biotechnology and Biomedical Biology
Faculty Mentor and Research Supervisor:
Dr. Timothy Lyden
Research Topic: Influences of Human Sera on Cultured Cells
Graduation Date: May 2009 |