2011 Summer EPSCOR Recipients
Nevada National Science Foundation EPSCoR has awarded scholarships to 16 students to conduct research this summer. Supported by funding from Nevada's NSF EPSCoR Climate Change Program and the State of Nevada, the Undergraduate Research Opportunity solicitation targeted students majoring in science, technology, engineering, math, education, or journalism with a focus on teaching or communicating K-12 science or technology. Approximately half of the proposals selected have a climate change focus.
Melanie Beck, UNR
Department: Physics
Mentor: Andrew Geraci
Project Title: Launching nano-sized spherical glass beads into an optical trap
Marguerite Christian, UNR
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Christie Howard
Project Title: Creating plants as environmental biosensors
Brian Gallaspy, DRI
Department: Atmospheric Sciences
Mentor: Kent Hoekman
Project Title: Production of reuseable solid biofuel
Diana Ha, UNLV
Department: Life Sciences
Mentor: Jeff Shen
Project Title: Bioinformatics approach to identifying proteins mediating plant response to drought
Joanne Heslop, UNR
Department: Geography
Mentor: Douglas Boyle
Project Title: Modeling climate changes impacts on hydrology at Galena Creek, NV
Matthew Heuton, UNLV
Department: Life Sciences
Mentor: Frank Van Breukelen
Project Title: The effects of global climate change on bioenergetic demands
Alexa Khan, UNLV
Department: Life Sciences
Mentor: Frank Van Breukelen
Project Title: Ubiquitin conjugate concentrations in anoxic mitochondria isolated from the empryos of brine shrimp
Diane Mar, UNR
Department: Chemical and Materials Engineering
Mentor: Charles Coronella
Project Title: Enzymatic dewatering of sludge
Samantha McBride, UNR
Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mentor: Edward Kolodziej
Project Title: Manipulation of redox states applied to wastewater treatment
Jenny Mital, UNR
Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mentor: Amy Childress
Project Title: Fouling in forward osmosis
Jeanette Perry, UNLV
Department:
Mentor: Brett Riddle
Project Title: Evaluating species responses to climate change using genetic data
Aaron Peterson, UNR
Department: Chemical and Materials Engineering
Mentor: Ravi Subramanian
Project Title: CDSE nanowires
Sarah Restori, UNR
Department: Biology
Mentor: Matt Forister
Project Title: Ant seed dispersal in the Tahoe Basin Forest Management Unit
Aaron Teator, UNR
Department: Chemistry
Mentor: Benjamin King
Project Title: Synthesis and irradination of antrip to form a two-dimensional pdymar
Morgan Vonnahme, UNR
Department: Chemical and Materials Engineering
Mentor: Hongfei Lin
Project Title: Catalytic deploymerization of cellulose over supported gold catalystis for biofuel production