Office of Undergraduate Research
Legare 126
Phone: 803-777-1141
Email: our@sc.edu

CONGRATULATIONS TO
OUR MINI-GRANT RECIPIENTS! 

Fall 2010
Abigail Agati, Third Year, English
Dr. Edward Madden, English Language and Literatures
Undergraduate English Association Literary Conference

Tessa  Hill, Third Year, Early Childhood Education
Dr. Beth Powers-Castello, Instruction and Teacher Education
Young Children's Perception of Science Content and Topics Using Construvist Interviewing Techniques

Hillary Hudson, Third Year, Anthropology
Dr. Ann Kingsolver, Anthropology
Not Your Grandma's Knitting Circle: Fiber Arts in the New Millennium

Kirby Lattwein, Fourth Year, Exercise Science
Dr. Raja Fayad, Exercise Science
The Role of Selenium in Chronic Inflammation-Induced Colon Cancer

Kevin Romito, Fourth Year, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Kevin Huang, Mechanical Engineering
Single Cell Fuel Cell Testing Device

Madeline St. Julien, Fourth Year, Biological Sciences
Dr. Jeff Dudycha, Biological Sciences
Defining the genetic structure of the gene Hemomucin in Daphnia Pulex and Daphnia Pulicaria

Dylan Summer, Fourth Year, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Jeffery Morehouse, Mechanical Engineering
Solar Splash Solar Boat Team

Spring 2010
John Eberly, First Year, Biological Sciences
Dr. Stephen Fann, Biological Sciences
Living in the Hospital: The Adjusted Length of Stay

Tyler French, First Year, Undeclared
Chef William Knapp, Hotel Restaurant and Tourism Management
Cultural Makeup of the South Explored Through its Cuisine

Emily Ingram, Second Year, Nursing
Dr. Deanne Messias, Nursing
Structure of Healthcare in Quito Ecuador

Lesley Joseph, Third Year, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jessica Artz, Biological Sciences, Project Coordinator, Gills Creek Watershed Research Initiative
Gills Creek Watershed Research Initiative

Briana Leaman, First Year, Music Education
Dr. Rebecca Nagel, Music
Dr. Clifford Leaman, Music
A Comparison of European and American Pedagogical Techniques as Applied Specifically to the Oboe

Nicholas Burnett, Second Year, Biological Sciences
Dr. David Wethey, Biological Sciences
Developing a Biomimetic Data Logger to Measure the Temperature and Desiccation of Soft Tissue in Intertidal Bivalve Mollusks

Charles Daniels, Third Year, Electrical Engineering
Dr. MVS Chandrashekhar, Electrical Engineering
UV Assisted Etched Graphene Cantilevers on SiC

Joshua Epstein, Second Year, Biological Sciences
Dr. Daniel Tufford, Biological Sciences
Gills Creek Watershed Study

Christina Hoffecker, Third year, Social Work
Dr. Miriam Johnson, Social Work
Susan Parlier, Social Work
USC Students with Disabilities Advocacy and Awareness

Jason Isenhower, First Year, Computer Science
Dr. Srihari Nelakuditi, Computer Science and Engineering
Using Smartphones to Monitor Wireless Network Health

Rachel Myers, First Year, Music Education
Dr. Robert Jesselson, Music
Biofeedback for String Players: Learning to Reduce Tension in Playing

Stevan Novakovic, First Year, International Business
Dr. David Hudgens, International Business
The Current Global Financial Crisis with Relation to Governance and Regulation in the Financial Sector of Eastern Europe.

Seth Stewart, Second Year, Marine Science
Dr. Daniel Tufford, Biological Sciences
Gills Greek Watershed Association Contamination Research

Travis Stewart, First Year, Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Jay Potts, Biomedical Engineering
The effects of mechanical forces on vascularized bone development using bone marrow stromal cells.

Michael Youngblood, First Year, Accounting
Professor Susan Hogue, Art
Dr. Patrick Hickey, Nursing
The Daily Life of a Student in Ecuador Compared to the Daily Life of a Student at USC

Spring 2009
Matthew Fisher, Second Year, Biological Sciences
Dr. Janet Fisher, Pharmacology Physiology and Neuroscience
The role of Pentobarbital as an agonist on the K289M Mutant Forms of the Alpha 1 and Alpha 6 subunits

James Gambrell, Third Year, Physics
Dr. Timir Datta, Physics and Astronomy
Investigation demonstration into particle wave duality of nature

Lesley Joseph, Green Learning Community, Second Year, Civil Engineering
Dr. David Whiteman, Political Science
Letting the Garden Speak: Creating an Educational Organic Garden for USC

Austin McNeilly, Capstone Scholar, Green Learning Community, Second Year, International Business
Dr. David Whiteman, Political Science
Turning a Lawn Into an Edible Forest:  Designing and Implementing a Permaculture Plan for the Green Quad

Samir Panvelker, Honors College, Third Year, Anthropology
Dr. David Simmons, Anthropology and Human Promotion, Education & Behavior
Comparing the Practitioner-Patient Relationship in Biomedicine and Acupuncture

Kurtis Meilink, Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Arash Kheradvar, Mechanical Engineering
Developing an Artificial Heart Valve

Brandon Truett, Green Learning Community, Second Year, English
Dr. David Whiteman, Political Science
Turning a Lawn Into an Edible Forest:  Designing and Implementing a Permaculture Plan for the Green Quad.

Fall 2008
Benjamin Fine, Preston Residential College, Fourth Year, Computer Science
Dr. Jason O'Kane, Computer Science and Engineering
Computer Vision with Low Cost Mobile Robots

Sidney Jarido, Second Year, Biological Sciences
Dr. Bert Ely, Biological Sciences
Y-Chromosome Distribution among West African Ethnic Group Analysis

Kathleen Marston, Honors College, Green Learning Community, Fourth Year, Marine Science
Dr. Richard Long, Biological Sciences
Identification of Subcuticular bacteria in the brittle star Amphipholis gracillima

Emily Matherly, Honors College, Second Year, Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Melissa Moss, Chemical Engineering
NF-kB activation and nuclear translocation in human brain microvascular endothelial cells.

Maliek Mcknight, Honors College, First Year, Computer Science
Dr. Srihari Nelakuditi, Computer Science and Engineering
A Study on Data Management for Open Source Mobile Applications

Daniel Weinberg, Honors College, Third Year, Biological Sciences
Dr. Chandrashekhar Patel, Cell and Developmental Biology and Anatomy
Phosphoregulation of Nuclear Factor-kappaB in Lean Control and Zucker Diabetic Fatty rat adult cardiac fibroblasts.

Spring 2008
Gurjeet Guram, Honors College, Second Year, Chemical Engineering
Dr. Sarah Sweitzer, Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience
Mechanisms Underlying Fetal Alcohol-Induced Insensitivity to Touch and Hypersensitivity to Pain

Caroline Lee, Fourth Year, Russian
Dr. David Whiteman, Political Science
Conservation Awareness in Germany

Melanie Stolzenberg, Honors College, Fourth Year, Russian
Dr. Maia Solovieva, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Penetrating the Cultural Iceberg in Pre-Departure Orientation to Study Abroad

Fall 2007
Kristen Bales, Honors College, Fourth Year, Criminal Justice
Dr. Hayden Smith and Dr. Robert Kaminski, Criminology and Criminal Justice
Battered Women Syndrome: An international perspective

Victoria Caldwell, First Year, Business
Dr. Gene Luna, Student Affairs
Does getting involved involve too much

Emily Kasl, Honors College, Third Year, Marine Science
Kathleen Marston, Honors College, Third Year, Marine Science
Dr. Richard Long, Biological Sciences
Subcuticular bacteria in brittle stars of North Inlet SC

Nicholas Slaughter, Fourth Year, English
Dr. Maia Solovieva and Dr. Alexander Ogden, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Intercultural Communication and Chekhov

Melisa Tanverdi, Honors College, Third Year, Biological Sciences
Dr. Rekha Patel, Biological Sciences
The effect of HOX A5 and HOX D10 on NF-kappaB dependent transcription

Phillip Walker, Fourth Year, Media Arts – See what was created
Prof. Karla Berry, Media Arts
AIDS Personal PSA & Mobile Media

Elizabeth Wolfe, Second Year, Physical Education
Dr. Toni Torres-McGehee and Ms. Jane Steinberg, Physical Education
MRSA: Are we on the ball