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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

Ted Cannady

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

Ed Figi

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

Derek Husmoen

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

Sanaa Jaman

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

Vang Lo

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

Natasha Sedgwick

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

Devin Underwood

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

Megan Wisbar

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

Chawntou Yang

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

 

 

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